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Munyaradzi Junia Mutenje

Researcher - Scaling Water Solutions

Research team

Water, growth and inclusion > Economics and impact assessment

Areas of expertise

Agriculture Economic development Food security Scaling

Geographic focus

Africa > Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Munyaradzi Junia Mutenje is an accomplished scientist with a strong track record of working with smallholder farmers across eastern and southern Africa. Her expertise includes research for development, capacity building, partnership building and strengthening resilience across agricultural and water value chains. Mutenje leads and contributes to multi-disciplinary research initiatives that integrate sustainable agri-food systems, socially inclusive climate adaptation strategies and market-resilient agribusiness and innovation systems. She played a central role in advancing socio-technical innovations, supporting gender-equitable pathways and promoting sustainable natural resource management practices. Mutenje’s work emphasizes bridging the gap between science, policy, and practice to deliver scalable and impactful solutions for smallholder farming communities.

Current projects

Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative Zambia

Advisory services for the development and implementation of irrigated agriculture

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Blogs

Equity and inclusion must guide water solutions

At the 2025 CGIAR Gender Conference, IWMI underscored that the future of water security depends on scaling equity as effectively as climate-smart innovation ...

October 28, 2025