Tinashe Dirwai
Regional Researcher - Agricultural Water Management Solutions
Areas of expertise
water scarcity Irrigation and agricultural water management irrigation policy Crop modelling community-based irrigation irrigation efficiency and productivity surface irrigation system small-scale irrigation water-energy-food 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 + nexus and crop modelling. Dirwai also has experience in developing and maintaining internal and external relationships across academia, public and private sectors, civil society and communities. He 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. Dirwai has worked extensively in East Africa and Southern Africa and holds a doctorate in Irrigation engineering.