About Me
I have a knowledge and experience in sustainable agri-food systems monitoring and optimization using farming systems models, earth observation data, climate data and systems analysis. I am working on developing, improving and applying process-based, suitability and statistical models for advancing their utilization in production system profiling and risk assessments for climate-smart agriculture.
The hope is that my research output can contribute in (re)designing farming systems to be productive, profitable and able to handle the trade-offs between the multiple functions of agriculture at the field, farm, landscape, regional and global scales under current and future climatic conditions.
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Department of Natural Resources (NRS)Research
- Arumugam, P., Chemura, A., Aschenbrenner, P., Schauberger, B., & Gornott, C. (2023). Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies: An assessment on sorghum for Burkina Faso. European Journal of Agronomy, 142, 126655.
- Chemura, A., Nangombe, S. S., Gleixner, S., Chinyoka, S., & Gornott, C. (2022). Changes in Climate Extremes and Their Effect on Maize (Zea mays L.) Suitability Over Southern Africa. Frontiers in Climate. 4: 890210. doi: 10.3389/fclim.
- Kusena, W., Chemura, A., Dube, T., Nicolau, M. D., & Marambanyika, T. (2022). Landuse and landcover change assessment in the Upper Runde sub-catchment, Zimbabwe and possible impacts on reservoir sedimentation. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 126, 103105.
- Chemura, A., Yalew, A. W., & Gornott, C. (2021). Quantifying agroforestry yield buffering potential under climate change in the smallholder maize farming systems of Ethiopia. Frontiers in Agronomy, 3(1).
- Maskell, G., Chemura, A., Nguyen, H., Gornott, C., & Mondal, P. (2021). Integration of Sentinel optical and radar data for mapping smallholder coffee production systems in Vietnam. Remote Sensing of Environment, 266, 112709.
- Arumugam, P., Chemura, A., Schauberger, B., & Gornott, C. (2021). Remote sensing based yield estimation of rice (Oryza sativa L.) using gradient boosted regression in India, Remote Sensing 13(12), 2379.
- Zarei, A., Chemura, A., Gleixner, S., & Hoff, H. (2021). Evaluating the grassland NPP dynamics in response to climate change in Tanzania. Ecological Indicators, 125, 107600.
- Musundire, R., Chidewe, C., Samende, B. K., Chemura, A., Bangira, C., Andika, O. A., & Chiwona-Karltun, L. (2021). Soil characteristics and nutritional traits of Mactrotermes natalensis (Isoptera: Macrotermitinae) as indicators of nutritional quality in Zimbabwe. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. doi:10.1007/s42690-020-00394-3
- Chemura, A., Rwasoka, D., Mutanga, O., Dube, T., & Mushore, T. (2020). The impact of land-use/land cover changes on water balance of the heterogeneous Buzi sub-catchment, Zimbabwe. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 18, 100292.
Publications
Recent
Arumugam, P.
, Chemura, A., Aschenbrenner, P., Schauberger, B., & Gornott, C. (2023).
Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies: An assessment on sorghum for Burkina Faso.
European journal of agronomy,
142, [126655].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2022.126655
Zuza, E. J., Maseyk, K., Bhagwat, S. A.
, Chemura, A., Brandenburg, R. L., Emmott, A., Rawes, W., Hancock, W., Mnthambala, F., & Araya, Y. N. (2023).
Factors affecting soil quality among smallholder macadamia farms in Malawi.
Agriculture and Food Security,
12(1), [17].
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-023-00421-9
Mayaka, T. B., Guetse, F.
, Chemura, A., Tamungang, R., & Hořák, D. (2022).
A wake-up call: playback attraction data link numbers of Mount Cameroon Francolin Pternistis camerunensis to abundance and debarking of red stinkwood Prunus africana.
Bird Conservation International,
32(1), 43-52.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270921000058
Kusena, W.
, Chemura, A., Dube, T., Nicolau, M. D., & Marambanyika, T. (2022).
Landuse and landcover change assessment in the Upper Runde sub-catchment, Zimbabwe and possible impacts on reservoir sedimentation.
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth,
126, [103105].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2021.103105
Chemura, A., Nangombe, S. S., Gleixner, S., Chinyoka, S., & Gornott, C. (2022).
Changes in Climate Extremes and Their Effect on Maize (Zea mays L.) Suitability Over Southern Africa.
Frontiers in Climate,
4, [890210].
https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.890210
Tarakini, G.
, Chemura, A., Tarakini, T., & Musundire, R. (2021).
Drivers of diversity and community structure of bees in an agroecological region of Zimbabwe.
Ecology and evolution,
11(11), 6415-6426.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7492
Mudereri, B. T., Chitata, T.
, Chemura, A., Makaure, J., Mukanga, C., & Abdel-Rahman, E. M. (2021).
Is the protected area coverage still relevant in protecting the Southern Ground-hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) biological niche in Zimbabwe? Perspectives from ecological predictions.
GIScience and Remote Sensing,
58(3), 405-424.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2021.1883947
Musundire, R., Ngonyama, D.
, Chemura, A., Ngadze, R. T., Jackson, J., Matanda, M. J., Tarakini, T., Langton, M., & Chiwona-Karltun, L. (2021).
Stewardship of Wild and Farmed Edible Insects as Food and Feed in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Perspective.
Frontiers in Veterinary Science,
8, [601386].
https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.601386
Arumugam, P.
, Chemura, A., Schauberger, B., & Gornott, C. (2021).
Remote sensing based yield estimation of rice (Oryza sativa l.) using gradient boosted regression in India.
Remote sensing,
13(12), [2379].
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13122379
Zarei, A.
, Chemura, A., Gleixner, S., & Hoff, H. (2021).
Evaluating the grassland NPP dynamics in response to climate change in Tanzania.
Ecological indicators,
125, [107600].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107600
Other Contributions
- Chemura, A., Arumugum, P., Awori, E. K., & Gornott, C. (2023). Elucidating climate change adaptation potential of improved maize (Zea mays L.) varieties with crop modelling (No. EGU23-15686). Copernicus Meetings.
- Gloy, N., Romanovska, P., Chemura, A., & Gornott, C. (2023). Future climatic suitability of cocoa agroforestry systems with common fruit trees in Cameroon (No. EGU23-3139). Copernicus Meetings.
- Chemura, A., & Gornott, C. (2022). Potential redistribution of major staple crops buffer climate change impacts on agriculture in Africa EGU 2022 (No. EGU22-8866). Copernicus Meetings.
- Chemura, A., Murken, L., Nele, G, Paula Aschenbrenner, P., von Loeben, S, Gornott, C (2022) Crop diversification under climate change: A comparative assessment in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Niger, Tropentag 2022, September 14-16, 2022, Prague.
- Chemura A. & GornottC (2021) Scaling agroforestry systems for maize yield stabilization under climate change: Indications from Ethiopia, Adaptation Futures Conference (Virtual), 5-8 October 2021.
- Chemura, A., & Gornott, C. (2022). Climate change and suitability of multiple food crops in Africa: A spatial modelling assessment, LANDSCAPE21 Conference, 20-22 September, Berlin
- Chemura, A. Yalew, A. W, Gornott, C. and Arumagum, P. (2019) Using yield projections from crop models to inform adaptation investments in Africa: An application to maize crop in Ghana, 3rd International Agriculture & Climate Change Conference, Novotel Hotel, Budapest, 25-27 March 2019.
- Chemura, Aand Yalew, A. W & Gornott, C (2019) Modelling changes in cocoa and coffee commodity miles and transportation infrastructure coverage under climate change in producer countries, 13th Conference of the Socio-Economic Metabolism Section of the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE-SEM), Harnack Haus Berlin, 13-15th May, 2019.
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Education
I believe in capacity building and teaching as important aspects to build the next generation of researchers and
practitioners applying the scientific method to solve current and yet-to-be-realised problems in agriculture and food security at various scales.
Affiliated Study Programmes
Master
Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
Langezijds
(building no. 19), room 1119
Hallenweg 8
7522NH Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
Langezijds
1119
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands