ir. A. Chemura PhD (Abel)

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.

Expertise

• Agricultural and Biological Sciences

  • Coffee
  • Coffea Arabica
  • Crops

• Earth and Planetary Sciences

  • Climate Change
  • Datum
  • Leaf
  • Zimbabwe
  • Model

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Publications

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.

Research profiles

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 2024/2025

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.

Courses academic year 2023/2024

In the press

Climate change making it harder to get a good cup of coffee

Der Klimawandel macht es schwieriger, eine gute Tasse Kaffee zu bekommen

Climate Change Will Alter the Specialty Coffee Landscape in Ethiopia, Study Shows

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