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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
39
Citations
5499
World Ranking
4178
National Ranking
2

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Agronomy

His primary areas of study are Soil fertility, Agronomy, Environmental resource management, Agroforestry and Soil management. As part of his studies on Soil fertility, Paul Mapfumo often connects relevant areas like Mucuna pruriens. His research on Agronomy often connects related areas such as Loam.

His work deals with themes such as Food security, Agroecology, Livelihood and Participatory action research, which intersect with Environmental resource management. In Agroforestry, Paul Mapfumo works on issues like Biomass, which are connected to Dry season and Organic matter. In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Soil management, Crop residue, Crop yield, Grazing and Agricultural productivity is strongly linked to Manure.

His most cited work include:

  • Communicating complexity: Integrated assessment of trade-offs concerning soil fertility management within African farming systems to support innovation and development (295 citations)
  • Long-term impact of reduced tillage and residue management on soil carbon stabilization: Implications for conservation agriculture on contrasting soils (283 citations)
  • Organic Matter Management as an Underlying Cause for Soil Fertility Gradients on Smallholder Farms in Zimbabwe (110 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Paul Mapfumo focuses on Agronomy, Soil fertility, Agriculture, Agroforestry and Soil management. His Agronomy research integrates issues from Soil water and Nutrient. His work deals with themes such as Weed, Biomass, Productivity, Crop yield and Green manure, which intersect with Soil fertility.

His work on Food security as part of general Agriculture study is frequently linked to Context, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science. His studies deal with areas such as Cropping and Subsistence agriculture as well as Soil management. His study looks at the intersection of Manure and topics like Nutrient management with Soil carbon.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (68.42%)
  • Soil fertility (55.26%)
  • Agriculture (44.74%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Agronomy (68.42%)
  • Agriculture (44.74%)
  • Agroforestry (31.58%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Paul Mapfumo mostly deals with Agronomy, Agriculture, Agroforestry, Fertilizer and Manure. He has researched Agronomy in several fields, including Soil management and Soil water. In his work, Participatory action research is strongly intertwined with Environmental resource management, which is a subfield of Agriculture.

His Agroforestry study which covers Cropping that intersects with Intercropping and Forestry. Paul Mapfumo interconnects Nutrient management, Soil chemistry and Green manure in the investigation of issues within Manure. The various areas that Paul Mapfumo examines in his Sowing study include Soil fertility and Yield.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Ecological Intensification: Local Innovation to Address Global Challenges (52 citations)
  • Climate change and maize yield in southern Africa: what can farm management do? (41 citations)
  • Pathways to transformational change in the face of climate impacts: an analytical framework (34 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Agronomy

Paul Mapfumo spends much of his time researching Agronomy, Soil management, Environmental resource management, Agriculture and Climate change. His specific area of interest is Agronomy, where he studies Fertilizer. His study in Fertilizer is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Soil classification, Soil type, Legume and Manure.

His Soil management study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Agroforestry, Crop yield and Crop. While the research belongs to areas of Crop, Paul Mapfumo spends his time largely on the problem of Weed, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Agricultural productivity. His Environmental resource management research incorporates elements of Environmental impact of agriculture and Participatory action research.

Best Publications

  • Communicating complexity: Integrated assessment of trade-offs concerning soil fertility management within African farming systems to support innovation and development

    K.E. Giller;P.A. Tittonell;M.C. Rufino;M.T. van Wijk

  • Long-term impact of reduced tillage and residue management on soil carbon stabilization: Implications for conservation agriculture on contrasting soils

    P.P. Chivenge;H.K. Murwira;K.E. Giller;P. Mapfumo

  • Agroecology-based aggradation-conservation agriculture (ABACO): Targeting innovations to combat soil degradation and food insecurity in semi-arid Africa

    Pablo Tittonell;Eric Scopel;Nadine Andrieu;Héléna Posthumus

  • Organic Matter Management as an Underlying Cause for Soil Fertility Gradients on Smallholder Farms in Zimbabwe

    F. Mtambanengwe;P. Mapfumo

  • Competing use of organic resources, village-level interactions between farm types and climate variability in a communal area of NE Zimbabwe

    M.C. Rufino;J. Dury;P.A. Tittonell;P.A. Tittonell;M.T. van Wijk

  • Soil fertility management strategies and practices by smallholder farmers in semi-arid areas of Zimbabwe

    P. Mapfumo;K.E. Giller

  • Participatory action research (PAR) as an entry point for supporting climate change adaptation by smallholder farmers in Africa

    Paul Mapfumo;Paul Mapfumo;Samuel Adjei-Nsiah;Florence Mtambanengwe;Regis Chikowo

  • Pathways to transformational change in the face of climate impacts: an analytical framework

    Paul Mapfumo;Mary Onyango;Saïd K. Honkponou;El Houssine El Mzouri

  • Ecological Intensification: Local Innovation to Address Global Challenges

    Pablo Tittonell;Pablo Tittonell;Laurens Klerkx;Frederic Baudron;Georges F. Félix

  • Climate change and maize yield in southern Africa: what can farm management do?

    Jairos Rurinda;Jairos Rurinda;Mark T. van Wijk;Mark T. van Wijk;Paul Mapfumo;Katrien Descheemaeker

  • Mineral N dynamics, leaching and nitrous oxide losses under maize following two-year improved fallows on a sandy loam soil in Zimbabwe

    R. Chikowo;P. Mapfumo;P. Nyamugafata;K.E. Giller

  • Building on indigenous knowledge to strengthen the capacity of smallholder farming communities to adapt to climate change and variability in southern Africa

    Paul Mapfumo;Florence Mtambanengwe;Regis Chikowo

  • Zinc fertilization influence on maize productivity and grain nutritional quality under integrated soil fertility management in Zimbabwe

    Grace M. Manzeke;Florence Mtambanengwe;Hatirarami Nezomba;Paul Mapfumo

  • Sources of vulnerability to a variable and changing climate among smallholder households in Zimbabwe : A participatory analysis

    J. Rurinda;J. Rurinda;P. Mapfumo;M.T. van Wijk;M.T. van Wijk;F. Mtambanengwe

  • Woody legume fallow productivity, biological N2-fixation and residual benefits to two successive maize crops in Zimbabwe

    R. Chikowo;R. Chikowo;P. Mapfumo;P. Nyamugafata;K.E. Giller

  • Maize productivity and mineral N dynamics following different soil fertility management practices on a depleted sandy soil in Zimbabwe

    Regis Chikowo;Regis Chikowo;Paul Mapfumo;Phillip Nyamugafata;Ken E. Giller

  • Tapping indigenous herbaceous legumes for soil fertility management by resource-poor farmers in Zimbabwe

    P. Mapfumo;F. Mtambanengwe;K.E. Giller;S. Mpepereki

  • Soil fertility management effects on maize productivity and grain zinc content in smallholder farming systems of Zimbabwe

    Grace M. Manzeke;Paul Mapfumo;Paul Mapfumo;Florence Mtambanengwe;Regis Chikowo

  • Integrating legumes to improve N cycling on smallholder farms in sub-humid Zimbabwe: resource quality, biophysical and environmental limitations

    Regis Chikowo;Regis Chikowo;Paul Mapfumo;Peter A. Leffelaar;Ken E. Giller

  • Effects of organic resource quality on soil profile N dynamics and maize yields on sandy soils in Zimbabwe

    F. Mtambanengwe;P. Mapfumo

  • Maize productivity and nutrient and water use efficiencies across soil fertility domains on smallholder farms in Zimbabwe

    Natasha Kurwakumire;Regis Chikowo;Regis Chikowo;Florence Mtambanengwe;Paul Mapfumo

Frequent Co-Authors

Ken E. Giller
Ken E. Giller Wageningen University & Research
Pablo Tittonell
Pablo Tittonell University of Groningen
Mariana C. Rufino
Mariana C. Rufino Lancaster University
M.T. van Wijk
M.T. van Wijk International Livestock Research Institute
Marc Corbeels
Marc Corbeels International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Martin R. Broadley
Martin R. Broadley Rothamsted Research
Michael J. Watts
Michael J. Watts British Geological Survey
Bernard Vanlauwe
Bernard Vanlauwe International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Shamie Zingore
Shamie Zingore International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
Mark T. van Wijk
Mark T. van Wijk International Livestock Research Institute

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