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2026

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45
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10

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45
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World Ranking
2834
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29

Paramu L. Mafongoya publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paramu L. Mafongoya sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 186 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Paramu L. Mafongoya D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paramu L. Mafongoya sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Paramu L. Mafongoya is affiliated with the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Their research focuses primarily on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to environmental science. Mafongoya's work spans multiple subfields, including soil science, plant science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, general agricultural and biological sciences, and agronomy and crop science.

The main topics of Mafongoya's research include:

  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Agricultural innovations and practices
  • Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
  • Agronomic practices and intercropping systems
  • Agricultural risk and resilience
  • Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics
  • Water resources management and optimization

Mafongoya has published extensively in journals such as Sustainability, Agriculture, Agronomy, Agroforestry Systems, and Geoderma Regional. The publication counts in these venues are notably six articles each in Sustainability, Agriculture, and Agronomy, four in Agroforestry Systems, and three in Geoderma Regional.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mafongoya include:

  • Drought and its impacts on small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa: a review, 2020, South African Geographical Journal
  • Climate Change and Variability Impacts on Sub-Saharan African Fisheries: A Review, 2021, Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture
  • The Impacts of Drought and the Adaptive Strategies of Small-Scale Farmers in uMsinga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2020, Journal of Asian and African Studies
  • Unlocking the Potential of Fish to Improve Food and Nutrition Security in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2021, Sustainability
  • Assessing the social vulnerability of small-scale farmer's to drought in uMsinga, KwaZulu-Natal, 2021, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mafongoya include Raymond Mugandani, Romano Lottering, Liboster Mwadzingeni, Mutondwa M. Phophi, and Bonginkosi S. Vilakazi, indicating a pattern of ongoing collaborative research activities.

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

  • Building Soil Nitrogen Capital in Africa

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

  • Decomposition and nitrogen release patterns of tree prunings and litter

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

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

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

  • Appropriate technologies to replenish soil fertility in southern Africa

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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

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

    G. Sileshi;P.L. Mafongoya

  • 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

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

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  • 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

  • Agroforestry: Fertilizer Trees.

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

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

    P. L. Mafongoya;B. H. Dzowela

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

    E Phiri;Hubert Verplancke;F Kwesiga;P Mafongoya

  • 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

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

    Chipo Plaxedes Mubaya;Chipo Plaxedes Mubaya;Paramu Mafongoya

  • Indigenous knowledge systems and climate change management in Africa

    P.L. Mafongoya;Oluyede C. Ajayi

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

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

  • Soil fertility management in Africa : A regional perspective

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Gudeta W. Sileshi
Gudeta W. Sileshi University of KwaZulu-Natal
Onisimo Mutanga
Onisimo Mutanga University of KwaZulu-Natal
Timothy Dube
Timothy Dube University of the Western Cape
Lembe Samukelo Magwaza
Lembe Samukelo Magwaza Cranfield University
Ken E. Giller
Ken E. Giller Wageningen University & Research
Pradeep Kumar Nair
Pradeep Kumar Nair University of Florida
Steven Franzel
Steven Franzel World Agroforestry Centre
Cheryl A. Palm
Cheryl A. Palm University of Florida
Daniel N. Mugendi
Daniel N. Mugendi Kenyatta University
Michael Chimonyo
Michael Chimonyo University of Venda

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