Paramu L. Mafongoya

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• The Potential Role of Neglected and Underutilised Crop Species as Future Crops under Water Scarce Conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa.

  Pauline Chivenge;Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi;Albert T. Modi;Paramu Mafongoya

  569
  Citations

• Building Soil Nitrogen Capital in Africa

  Ken E. Giller;Georg Cadisch;Costas Ehaliotis;Edward Adams

  437
  Citations

• Decomposition and nitrogen release patterns of tree prunings and litter

  P. L. Mafongoya;K. E. Giller;C. A. Palm

  374
  Citations

• Organic matter technologies for integrated nutrient management in smallholder cropping systems of southern Africa

  S.S Snapp;P.L Mafongoya;S Waddington

  337
  Citations

• Appropriate technologies to replenish soil fertility in southern Africa

  P.L. Mafongoya;B. André Bationo;Job Kihara;Boaz S. Waswa

  316
  Citations

• Management of organic matter in the tropics: translating theory into practice

  Cheryl A. Palm;Ken E. Giller;Paramu L. Mafongoya;M. J. Swift

  307
  Citations

• Agroforestry research and development in southern Africa during the 1990s: Review and challenges ahead

  F. Kwesiga;F.K. Akinnifesi;P.L. Mafongoya;M.H. McDermott

  244
  Citations

• Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus mineralization of tree leaves and manure

  P. L. Mafongoya;P. Barak;J. D. Reed

  184
  Citations

• Mineralization of nitrogen from decomposing leaves of multipurpose trees as affected by their chemical composition

  P. L. Mafongoya;P. K. R. Nair;B. H. Dzowela

  159
  Citations

• Who is using the new technology? The association of wealth status and gender with the planting of improved tree fallows in Eastern Province, Zambia

  Donald Phiri;Steven Franzel;Paramu Mafongoya;Isaac Jere

  153
  Citations

• Multipurpose tree prunings as a source of nitrogen to maize under semiarid conditions in Zimbabwe

  P. L. Mafongoya;P. K. R. Nair

  135
  Citations

• Conservation agriculture and its impact on soil quality and maize yield: A South African perspective

  Nkanyiso J. Sithole;Lembe Samukelo Magwaza;Paramu L. Mafongoya

  128
  Citations

• Long-term effects of improved legume fallows on soil invertebrate macrofauna and maize yield in eastern Zambia

  G. Sileshi;P.L. Mafongoya

  119
  Citations

• Termite damage to maize grown in agroforestry systems, traditional fallows and monoculture on nitrogen‐limited soils in eastern Zambia

  G. Sileshi;P. L. Mafongoya;F. Kwesiga;P. Nkunika

  110
  Citations

• Seasonal Climate Prediction and Adaptation Using Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Agriculture Systems in Southern Africa: A Review

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  108
  Citations

• Nutritional and anti-nutritional characters and rumen degradability of dry matter and nitrogen for some multipurpose tree species with potential for agroforestry in Zimbabwe

  B.H. Dzowela;L. Hove;J.H. Topps;P.L. Mafongoya

  95
  Citations

• Agroforestry: Fertilizer Trees.

  G.W. Sileshi;P.L. Mafongoya;F.K. Akinnifesi;E. Phiri

  90
  Citations

• Biomass production of tree fallows and their residual effect on maize in Zimbabwe

  P. L. Mafongoya;B. H. Dzowela

  87
  Citations

• Water balance and maize yield following improved sesbania fallow in eastern Zambia

  E Phiri;Hubert Verplancke;F Kwesiga;P Mafongoya

  86
  Citations

• Multipurpose tree prunings as a source of nitrogen to maize under semiarid conditions in Zimbabwe. 3. Interactions of pruning quality and time and method of application on nitrogen recovery by maize in two soil types

  P. L. Mafongoya;P. K. R. Nair;B. H. Dzowela

  83
  Citations

• The role of institutions in managing local level climate change adaptation in semi-arid Zimbabwe

  Chipo Plaxedes Mubaya;Chipo Plaxedes Mubaya;Paramu Mafongoya

  82
  Citations

• Indigenous knowledge systems and climate change management in Africa

  P.L. Mafongoya;Oluyede C. Ajayi

  82
  Citations

• Effect of multipurpose trees, age of cutting and drying method on pruning quality.

  P. L. Mafongoya;B. H. Dzowela;P. K. Nair;G. Cadisch

  80
  Citations

• Soil fertility management in Africa : A regional perspective

  MP Gichuru;B. André Bationo;Mateete A. Bekunda;HC Goma

  72
  Citations