Country of Residence
Discipline(s)
Institution
Marondera University of Agricultural Science and Technology
Environmental Science and Technology
Plot 15 Longlands Road, P O Box 35 Marondera, Zimbabwe
Research Interests
Soil health, Environment, Agriculture, Climate adaptation, Transdisciplinarity, Pollution
Topics to speak on:
Pollution and agri-food safety, Soil health, Co-prodcution, Climate adaptation in agrifood systems, Agriculture and food security.
The most effective solutions emerge when science, policy, and communities co-create them together.
Biography
Sinikiwe Dube is a soil scientist interested in agriculture and the environment. She has a Master’s degree in Natural Resources and Environmental Management from Institut Pertanian Bogor, Indonesia, through the Kemitraan Negara Berkembang (KNB) program, and a PhD in Soil Science from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Dube was a lecturer and programs coordinator at Women’s University in Africa before becoming a permanent lecturer at Marondera University of Agricultural Science and Technology, Zimbabwe, where she is currently a research associate. Her research interests focus on soil health, agriculture, and the environment. She is passionate about research, and science – policy engagement.
Awards
WUA-African Capacity Building Foundation
CATER Alumni collaboration fund for climate related research
KNB Indonesia