Tinashe Dirwai
Senior Regional Researcher - Agricultural Water Management Solutions
Areas of expertise
Water scarcity Modeling Agriculture Irrigation Governance Water-Energy-Food-Environment (WEFE) NexusTinashe Lindel Dirwai has expertise in the areas of water scarcity and allocation, water and irrigation management, irrigation policy, value chain analysis, water-energy-food and nexus and crop modelling. He also has experience in developing and maintaining internal and external relationships across academia, public and private sectors, civil society and communities. Dirwai has worked extensively with small scale smallholder farmers advising on water use, water governance and agricultural water management in rainfed and irrigated food production systems. He has worked extensively in east Africa and southern Africa and holds a Doctor of philosophy in Irrigation engineering.
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Latest news for Tinashe Dirwai
September-October 2025 Research Journal Roundup
Roundup of research, journal and other academic articles from September and October 2025 ...
Latest publications by Tinashe Dirwai
Journal Article
Developing a conceptual framework for a citizen science-based agroecology self-assessment tool
Frontiers Media | December 18th, 2025
Journal Article
Exploring the smallholder irrigation equipment supply landscape in Zambia: a scoping review
Springer | December, 2025
Report
Farmer Field Book (FFB): a standard tool for monitoring agronomic and water management practices and productivity in cocoa farming systems
International Water Management Institute | November 21st, 2025
