Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute

Paul Sabas Saidia (PhD) (PhD) holds a degree of doctor of philosophy (PhD) of Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) Tanzania, Master degree (MSc) in Crop Science and Bachelor of Science in Agriculture General of Sokoine University of Agriculture and Diploma in General Agriculture from Agriculture Training Institutes (ATI) Uyole under the Ministry of Agriculture in Tanzania. Professional courses include: Conflict Prevention and Management (CPM) {Conflict awareness and Communication}; Certificate on Eco-physiology of crops in the Tropics and subtropics; International Training Course on Organic Agriculture; Research Methodology and Farming Systems Approach. Dr Saidia’s research interests are plant nutrition, crop physiology, farming systems, cropping systems, agronomy, soil fertility and soil water management, organic agriculture, agro ecology. He is a researcher at Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute (TARI), Ukiriguru, Mwanza. Previously, TARI was Directorate of Research Development (DRD) under the Ministry of Agriculture and its centers were Agriculture Research Institutes (ARI) before its establishment as TARI 2016. He is Crop scientist specialized in agronomy and plant physiology. From 2006 to 2010, he worked as agriculture research assistant (field officer) and from 2012 to date, he is working as agriculture researcher. He is conducting researches on natural resources and crop production. He is national coordinator of the Cotton Research Program (NCCRP) in Tanzania since 2020 to date. He is currently a Center Director (CD) of TARI Ukiriguru since June 2022.

He is a Country Contact Person (CCP) of Tanzania in the Network for Organic Agriculture Research in Africa (NOARA) 2019-2022 one tenure and 2022 to 2025 second term. He has worked in various projects: Cotton, maize, legumes, natural resource management, organic agriculture and others along the value chain. Some of these projects: Mutation Breeding using Nuclear Technology (January 2024-2027 as Coordinator for Cotton Crop), Beyond Cotton Project in Tanzania (2022 to date as Project Coordinator), International Nitrogen Management System-East Africa (INMS-EADS) (http://www.inms.international/regional-demos/east-africa- demonstration) from December 2018 to 2022, Cotton Victoria Project in Africa since 2019 to date as technical focal point for Tanzania (August 2021 to December 2025), Coordinating Cotton research projects funded by the Tanzania Cotton Board (TCB) since 2020, Cotton organic research program in Tanzania under GIZ from November 2020 to October 2023 as principle investigator, Maize Research Project-Strengthening food security through fall army worm integrated pest management (FAW-IPM) since 2020 to 2023, Maize Research Project “UPSCALE” in Tanzania from November 2020 to date, NOARA-Tz since 2020 to date, Trans SEC (www.trans-sec.org) implementing in situ rainwater harvesting, fertilizer micro-dosing and cropping systems 2014-2018 in semi-arid and sub-humid tropical conditions. Seed systems in Tanzania funded by African Center for Biodiversity (ACB) 2014, consultancy funded by Swedish Development Cooperation (SDC) through Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement (TOAM) while implementing ecological organic agriculture initiatives (EOA-I) project 2014 to 2016. Shamba Shape Up in Kenya for technology dissemination 2019 (conservation agriculture, improved cook stoves and kitchen gardens). He has attended various workshops, conferences and short courses held in Tanzania, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda, Germany, Brazil, and others from 2006 to date.

 Dr Saidia is a Deputy Editor in Chief for the Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences (TAJAS) for the first tenure of 3 years since May 2023. He is external examiner of Thesis and Dissertations for Postgraduate Studies. He is a reviewer of more than 10 international journals with certificates of recognition. Paul Saidia has published a number of papers in journals and some technical reports which can be accessed through research gates and others:. He is a reviewer of more than 10 international journals with certificates of recognition. Paul Saidia has published a number of papers in journals and some technical reports which can be accessed through research gates and others.

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