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Agriculture and natural resource management expert with vast experience in implementing participatory action research in African (e.g Ghana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Ethiopia) rural communities. Has considerable capacity development skills. Has produced several publications and has edited and peer reviewed articles for several journals. Has excellent facilitation skills, strong inter-personal skills and work very well in multi-disciplinary teams.

Tendayi Mutimukuru-Maravanyika

Academic & Consultant

Academic and Work Profile 

• PhD in Participatory Action Research, Wageningen University, Netherlands
• MSc degree in Management of Agriculture Knowledge and Information Systems, Wageningen University, Netherlands
• BSc Agriculture Honors degree


Tendayi Mutimukuru-Maravanyika is a Zimbabwean lady who holds: a PhD in participatory action research from Wageningen University in the Netherlands; an MSc degree in Management of Agriculture Knowledge and Information Systems from the same University in the Netherlands; a BSc Agriculture Honors degree. Tendayi has more than 20 years’ experience in designing and implementing participatory action research projects in many African Countries (Ghana; Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia) in three main fields (fisheries, agriculture and forestry) to deal with complex challenges that communities face. Tendayi has used gender transformative approaches in all her work to challenge existing norms and values that deter women from participating meaningfully in all the projects she implemented. Tendayi is currently a lecturer at Great Zimbabwe University. 

RESEARCH  PUBLICATIONS


1. Participatory modelling to enhance social learning, collective action and mobilization among users of the Mafungautsi Forest, Zimbabwe
W Standa-Gunda, T Mutimukuru, R Nyirenda, R Prabhu, M Haggith, .Small-scale Forest Economics, Management and Policy 2, 313-326 50 2003
2. Enhancing women's participation in decision-making in artisanal fisheries in the Anlo Beach fishing community, Ghana. T Mutimukuru-Maravanyika, DJ Mills, C Asare, GA Asiedu. Water Resources and Rural Development 10, 58-75 44 2017
3. Catalyzing collaborative monitoring processes in joint forest management situations: the Mafungautsi forest case, Zimbabwe. T Mutimukuru, W Kozanayi, R Nyirenda. Society and Natural Resources 19 (3), 209-224 43 2006
4. Developing 'soft skills' in higher education. J Hagmann, CJM Almekinders, C Bukenya, F Guevara, A Halemichael. PLA notes 48, 21-25 39 2003
5. Field guide to adaptive collaborative management and improving women’s participation. K Evans, A Larson, E Mwangi, P Cronkleton, T Maravanyika, ... CIFOR 32* 2014
6. Can We Learn Our Way to Sustainable Management? : Adaptive Collaborative Management in Mafungautsi State Forest, Zimbabwe.
T Mutimukuru-Maravanyika. PQDT-Global 31 2010
7. The application of participatory action research to climate change adaptation: a reference guide. LA German, AM Tiani, A Daoudi, TM Maravanyika, E Chuma, N Beaulieu, ... International Development Research Centre/CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia 29* 2010
8. Buzzing too far? The ideological echo of global governance concepts on the local level: the case of the Mafungautsi Forest in Zimbabwe
BE Büscher, T Mutimukuru∗ Development Southern Africa 24 (5), 649-664 16 2007
9. Ghana coastal fisheries governance dialogue: Developing options for a legal framework for fisheries co-management in Ghana. T Mutimukuru-Maravanyika, C Asare, G Ameyaw, D Mills, K Agbogah. WorldFish 14 2013
10. Can we learn our way to sustainable management. T Mutimukuru-Maravanyika. Adaptive Collaborative Management in Mafungautsi State Forest, Zimbabwe … 14 2010
11. Facilitating adaptive collaborative management in forested landscapes: the Mafungautsi case study. T Mutimukuru-Maravanyika, R Prabhu, F Matose, R Nyirenda, ... Coping amidst chaos: studies of adaptive collaborative management from … 14 2008
12. Learning in contested landscapes: Applying adaptive collaborative management in forested landscapes of Zimbabwe. T Mutimukuru-Maravanyika. Adaptive Collaborative Approaches in Natural Resource Governance, 195-233 10 2012
13. Ghana Coastal Fisheries Governance Dialogue: Presentations, discussions and outcomes from a stakeholder forum on issues for reforming governance of Ghana’s coastal fisheries. DJ Mills, T Mutimukuru-Maravanyika, G Ameyaw, C Asare. WorldFish 9 2012
14. Resource-based Conflict at the Local Level in a Changing National Environment: The Case of Zimbabwe's Mafungautsi State Forest. S Maravanyika, T Mutimukuru-Maravanyika. African Economic History 37, 129-150 9 2009. 
15. in central Uganda. C Mukasa, A Tibazalika, AY Banana, E Mwangi, ... Krister Andersson, Professor of Political Science and Director, The Center … 8 2022. 
16. The application of participatory action research to climate change adaptation in Africa. LA German, AM Tiani, A Daoudi, TM Maravanyika, E Chuma, C Jum, ... Ottawa, Canada and Bogor, Indonesia: International Development Research … 7 2012
17. Process leadership and natural resource management in Zimunya communal area. T Mutimukuru, C Leeuwis. Agrarian institutions between policies and local action: experiences from … 5 2004
18. The challenges of effective model scoping: A FLORES case study from the Mafungautsi Forest margins, Zimbabwe. M Haggith, R Prabhu, H Mudavanhu, F Matose, T Mutimukuru, ... Small-scale Forest Economics, Management and Policy 2 (2), 155-169 5 2003
19. Learning amongst ourselves: Towards adaptiveness by stakeholders in forest management through social learning in Mafungautsi
T Mutimukuru, R Nyirenda, F Matose. Manuscript, CIFOR, Harare 5 2002
20. Learning from learning: the experiences with implementing adaptive collaborative forest management in Zimbabwe. T Mutimukuru-Maravanyika, C Almekinders. Knowledge in action: The search for collaborative research for sustainable … 4 2011
21. ’Squatting’as a Means of Establishing Authority over Forest Land in Zimbabwe: A Missing Dimension to Land Reform. F Matose, T Mutimukuru-Maravanyika. Working Group on the Politics of Authority, Land, and Natural Resources at … 3 2009
22. Initiating a dynamic process for monitoring in Mafungautsi state forest, Zimbabwe. T Mutimukuru, W Kozanayi, R Nyirenda. Negotiated Learning, 114-123 2 2010
23. Researcher collaboration complexities in participatory action research. T Mutimukuru-Maravanyika, E Madzudzo, MM Songe, Krister Andersson, Professor of Political Science and Director, The Center … 
24. Sustaining adaptive collaborative management processes: Challenges and opportunities from Mafungautsi State Forest, Gokwe, Zimbabwe. K Witness, R Nyirenda, T Mutimukuru-Maravanyika, F Matose, ... Responding to Environmental Issues through Adaptive Collaborative Management.  2023
25. Food Systems in Dryland Communities: Challenges and Opportunities in Gutu District, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. T Mutimukuru-Maravanyika, L Chapungu, F Majeke. Climate Change Adaptations in Dryland Agriculture in Semi-Arid Areas, 157-172 2022
26. Historical and Future Climate Scenarios of the Zambezi River Basin. M Semba, M Ndebele-Murisa, CP Mubaya, IA Kimirei, G Chavula, ... Ecological Changes in the Zambezi River Basin, 115 2021. 
27. A Review of the Comparative Research Method. M Ndebele-Murisa, IA Kimirei, CP Mubaya, G Chavula, T Mwedzi, ... Ecological Changes in the Zambezi River Basin, 15 2021
28. Historical and Future Climate Scenarios of the Zambezi River Basin. Masumbuko Semba, Mzime Ndebele-Murisa, Chipo Plaxedes Mubaya, Ismael Aaron ... 2020
29. Gu a pr ctica de manejo adaptativo y colaborativo (ACM) y mejora de la participaci n de las mujeres. K Evans, AM Larson, E Mwangi, P Cronkleton, T Maravanyika, ... Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia 2015
30. Proceedings of the Zambia AAS Annual Reflection workshop at Senanga Safari Logde, 4-7 Nov 2013. SMSC T. Mutimukuru-Maravanyika, M. Apgar, E. Madzudzo, K. Longley, E ... WorldFish 2013
31. Training Workshop Proceedings: Adaptive Co-management of Fisheries. T Mutimukuru-Maravanyika, C Asare, J Laryea, G Ameyaw, ... WorldFish 2013
32. Promoting participatory action research through structured learning on climate change adaptation in Africa, April 2009 through March 2010
L German, E Chuma, A Daoudi, T Maravanyika, AM Tiani
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor Barat, ID 2010
33. Facilitation or Dictation. A case analysis of Agritex's role in the planning, implementation of Gwarada grazing scheme in Zimunya communal lands, Zimbabwe. Mutimukuru T. Wageningen University and Research Centre 2000
34. An evaluation of Farmers' Development Trust (FDT) program on smallholder flue-cured tobacco production. A case study of Nyamwari, Ashenden and Joberine Farms in Marondera South … Mutimukuru T. University of Zimbabwe 1997
35. 7 Sustaining adaptive collaborative management processes. W Kozanayi, R Nyirenda, T Mutimukuru-Maravanyika, F Matose, ...
Responding to Environmental Issues through Adaptive Collaborative Management …
36. Strengthening Community Leadership Capacity for Sustainable Resource Management. A Asiedu, T Mutimukuru-Maravanyika 

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