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)Publications
Recent
Chemura, A., Gleixner, S., & Gornott, C. (2024).
Dataset of the suitability of major food crops in Africa under climate change.
Scientific Data,
11, Article 294.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03118-1
Jimma, T. B.
, Chemura, A., Spillane, C., Demissie, T., Abera, W., Ture, K., Terefe, T., Solomon, D., & Gleixner, S. (2024).
Coupled Impacts of Soil Acidification and Climate Change on Future Crop Suitability in Ethiopia.
Sustainability (Switzerland),
16(4), 1-17. Article 1468.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su16041468
Shekede, M. D., Kusangaya, S., Chavava, C. B., Gwitira, I.
, & Chemura, A. (2024).
A two-decade analysis of the spatial and temporal variations in burned areas across Zimbabwe.
PLOS Climate,
3(1), e0000201.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000201
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, Article 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), Article 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, Article 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, Article 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
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, A and 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.
Courses Academic Year 2023/2024
Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
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