Tinashe Dirwai

Senior Regional Researcher - Agricultural Water Management Solutions

Research team

Water, food and ecosystems > Agricultural water management transformations

Areas of expertise

Water scarcity Modeling Agriculture Irrigation Governance Water-Energy-Food-Environment (WEFE) Nexus

Tinashe 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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Publications

September-October 2025 Research Journal Roundup

Roundup of research, journal and other academic articles from September and October 2025 ...

November 4, 2025

Latest publications by Tinashe Dirwai

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Water and Soil Accelerator Inception Report: Sustainable Soil and Water Management from Farm to Landscape in Malawi and Zambia

International Water Management Institute | March 12th, 2026

Nkosi, Mahlatse; van Rooyen, André; Mabele, Thato; Chinembiri, Evans; Jacobs-Mata, Inga; Matchaya, Greenwell C.; Enokenwa Baa, Ojongetakah; Dirwai, Tinashe Lindel; Kasoma-Pele, Winnie; Mapedza, Everisto D.; Makungwe, Mirriam; Nortje, Karen; Mutenje, Munyaradzi; Roman, Henry

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Broadening the Dimensions of the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus: A Narrative Review

Public Library of Science | February 18th, 2026

Mabhaudhi, T.; Dlamini, N.; Geza, W.; Taguta, C.; Dirwai, Tinashe Lindel; Nhamo, L.; Mpandeli, S.; Chibarabada, T. P.; Jewitt, G. P. W.; Slotow, R. H.

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