Country of Residence
Discipline(s)
GYA Roles
Institution
Lupane State University
Development Studies
Lupane State University
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Development Studies
P Bag 170Â Victoria Falls Rd
Zimbabwe
Research Interests
Climate Change
Resilience Building
Marginalized communities
Natural Resource Management
Sustainable Livelihoods
Topics to speak on:
Climate Smart Agriculture, Natural Resource Governance, Social Justice, Marginalized communities
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Biography
Keith Phiri is a Senior lecturer in the Department of Development Studies at Lupane State University. He has research interests in livelihoods and the environment, particularly in the area of climate change. He has researched on smallholder farmers’ adaptive responses to global warming. Keith also has research interests on gender issues, poverty, globalization, marginalized communities and social justice He also has a keen interest in monitoring and evaluation. He holds a PhD in Social Sciences (University of Fort hare, South Africa) where his study focus was on the efficacy of small grains and small livestock production as technical climate change adaptation options in Tsholotsho and Matobo, Zimbabwe. He has a number of research articles from referred journals on climate change impacts and adaptation. He is an Eisenhower Fellow class of 2022.
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