Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute

Mr. Paul heads the Natural Resources Management and Agricultural Engineering Research programme under the Department of Research and Innovation at TARI Dakawa centre. The programme conducts research on agroforestry, soil fertility, plant nutrition, conservation agriculture, soil and water management; climate change; evaluation of labour serving equipment; soil mapping, land resources inventory and evaluation; collaborative research on testing farm implements and use of animal power traction. His research areas of interest are Digital soil mapping, soil ecology, soil fertility, sustainable intensification, and climate change impact on soil health and food production.  Mr. Paul has been trained as Soil scientist and Land management expert (M.Sc.) from Sokoine University of Agriculture. He also did Bachelor of Science in Agronomy and graduated in 2013 from the same University. He is currently serving as Rice agronomist at the centre, the area which he has been working for, for more than seven years now.