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

Organisations

Publications

2024
Mapping off-road tracks and animal paths in protected areas using high-resolution GeoEye-1 panchromatic satellite imagery, 5425–5442 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Chemura, A., Lu, S., Skidmore, A. K., Duporge, I., Lee, S., Yu, Z., Ngene, S. & Wang, T.https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2024.2377230The potential of agroforestry to buffer climate change impacts on suitability of coffee and banana in Uganda. Abigaba, D., Chemura, A., Gornott, C. & Schauberger , B.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-024-01025-3The need for evidence-based climate risk and adaptation assessments: Lessons learned from the AGRICA project, Article 062001. Murken, L., Tomalka, J., Abigaba, D., Amoah, A.-B., Amougou, J. a., Anaba, M., Arumugam, P., Awori, E., Baek, H.-R. l., Below, T., Cartsburg, M., Chemura, A., Cronauer, C., Didovets, I., Worku, A., Gleixner, S., Gloy, N., Grams, E., Habtemariam, L., … Gornott, C.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad50ebUse of modelling tools to assess climate change impacts on smallholder oil seed yields in South Africa, Article e0301254. Kephe, P. N., Mkuhlani, S., Rusere, F. & Chemura, A.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301254Spatial and temporal distribution of optimal maize sowing dates in Nigeria, Article e0300427, e0300427. Mkuhlani, S., Bendito, E. G., Tofa, A. I., Aliyu, K. T., Shehu, B. M., Kreye, C. & Chemura, A.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300427Dataset of the suitability of major food crops in Africa under climate change, Article 294. Chemura, A., Gleixner, S. & Gornott, C.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03118-1Coupled Impacts of Soil Acidification and Climate Change on Future Crop Suitability in Ethiopia, Article 1468, 1-17. Jimma, T. B., Chemura, A., Spillane, C., Demissie, T., Abera, W., Ture, K., Terefe, T., Solomon, D. & Gleixner, S.https://doi.org/10.3390/su16041468A two-decade analysis of the spatial and temporal variations in burned areas across Zimbabwe, e0000201. Shekede, M. d., Kusangaya, S., Chavava, C. b., Gwitira, I. & Chemura, A.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000201
2023
Factors affecting soil quality among smallholder macadamia farms in Malawi, Article 17. Zuza, E. J., Maseyk, K., Bhagwat, S. A., Chemura, A., Brandenburg, R. L., Emmott, A., Rawes, W., Hancock, W., Mnthambala, F. & Araya, Y. N.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-023-00421-9Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies: An assessment on sorghum for Burkina Faso, Article 126655. Arumugam, P., Chemura, A., Aschenbrenner, P., Schauberger, B. & Gornott, C.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2022.126655

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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 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.

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