- Dean: School of Materials, Energy, Water and Environmental Sciences (MEWES)
- Area of Specialization:
- Agro-Environmental Sciences
- Courses taught:
- Environmental pollution
- Sustainability in agriculture,
- Soil health and sustainable farming systems
- Irrigation Agronomy
- Managing agro-ecosytems
- Memberships:
- Member, Soil Science Society of East Africa
- Member, Germany Scientific Association dedicated to Agriculture and Ecosystem Research (ATSAF)
- Member, Tanzania Soil Health Consortium (part of the Africa Soil Health Consortium
- Member, the NM-AIST SENATE
- Member Quality Assurance Committee of the Council
- Member, Resource Mobilization Committee of the Council
- Member, board of directors, FLORESTA- TZ a community based organization
- Member, Appointment and Human Resource Committee of the Council
- Member, Deans Committee of the NM-AIST
- Awards:
- Sida-SAREC (MSc studies)
- KAAD (PhD studies)
- Marie Kurie-RISE program – Research and Innovation Staff Exchange in Europe and Africa
- Projects (Ongoing):
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)- Chief Scientific Investigator for the Coordinated Research Project (CRP)-Transfer of radionuclides in arid and semi-arid environments for radiological Environmental impacts-“investigation of the radionuclide transfer from soil to selected plants in semi-arid environment in Bahi and Manyoni, Central Tanzania”-2021-2026 (Euro 40K)
- EU Horizon 2020 REA-B2 project No.862848: Co-PI in the Project EWA-BELT “Linking East and West African farming systems experience into a BELT of sustainable intensification-; 2020-2024 (EURO 7.5 M)
- UKRI-British Royal Society: Co-PI in the Project “Dynamics of Environmental Geochemistry and Health in a Lake-wide Basin” 2020-2024 (£225,000)
- VLIR-UOS/IUC-NMAIST programme: Local project leader of “Sustainable banana farming systems ",which is one of the three projects in the programme: Sustainable use of natural resources to the benefit of the local communities of northern Tanzania, 2019- 2023 (Euro 1.2M)
- BBSRSC-Bioscience for the future: Co-PI in the project integrated community-driven engagement for sustainable enhancement of food production in East Africa: the Jali Ardhi [Care for the Land] project. 2020-2022 (£293,541)
- Projects (Phased Out):
- British Academy: Co-PI in the Writing Workshops 2020 Programme 2020-2021 (£14,960)
- Commission of Science and Technology (COSTECH) Tanzania. Co-PI in the project “Solar-assisted Heat Pump Drying Technology for Industrial and Agricultural Applications in Tanzania” 2019- 2021(TShs 110 Millions).
- EU Horizon 2020RIA-Project No 690378: Investigator in the project “de-FLuoridation technologies for imprOving quality of WatEr and agRo-animal products along the East African Rift Valley in the context of aDaptation to climate change (FLOWERED)”, 2016-2020 (Euro 2.9M).
- McKnight Foundation: Co-ordinator and investigator in the Singida Nutrition and Agro-ecology project (SNAP), 2015-2018 (USD 600k)
- NERC-DfID: co-investigator in the project “Socio-ecological resilience to soil erosion driven by extreme events: past, present and future challenges in East Africa”, 2016-2018 (GBP 168k).
- RUFORUM Competitive Grant System: co- investigator in the project “Improving livestock productivity through integration with crop production in the smallholder farming system in Tanga Region, Tanzania”, 2015-2019 (USD 300k).
- EU Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions RISE: Co-investigator in the Project “Integrating isotopic techniques with Bayesian modelling for improved assessment and management of global sedimentation problems (IMIXSED)”, projectID644320 2015-2017 (GBP 233k)
- DfID-Darwin’s foundation: Co-investigator in the project ‘Harnessing agricultural ecosystem biodiversity for bean production and food security”, 2015- 2019 (GBP 288k)
- McKnight Foundation: co-investigator of the project “Safe and Effective Pesticidal Plants for Agro-Ecological Intensification of Legumes”, 2013- 2018 (USD100k).
- VLIR-UOS/IUC-NMAIST programme I: Assistant Local project leader of “agriculture and sanitation", which is one of the three projects in the programme: Sustainable management of soil and water for the improvement of livelihoods in the Upper Pangani Basin (Tanzania), 2013- 2018 (Euro 1.2M).
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Assistant coordinator of the project “Putting Nitrogen Fixation to Work in Smallholder Farmers in Africa” (N2Africa) which is collaboration with IITA and Wageningen University. 2013- 2018 ($ 25M
- Publications :
- Conference Papers:
- Rizzu M., Akuno M.H., Roggero P.P., Wambu E.W., Mtei K.M., Seddaiu. G (2017). Characterizing cropping systems affected by fluoride contamination in eastern African countries (caratterizzazione dei sistemi colturali contaminati da fluoro nei paesi dell’est africa). Atti del XX Convegno AIAM e XLVI Convegno SIA. Milano, 12-14 settembre 2017. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/5692
- Maleko, D., Msalya, G., Mwilawa, A., Pasape, L. Mtei, K. (2016). Overview of feed resources condition and feeding practices among the smallholder dairy farmers in Tanzania. RUFORUM Working Document Series (ISSN 1607-9345) No. 14 (1): 827-832. Available from http://repository.ruforum.org
- Conference Presentations:
- Kelvin Mtei, Joshua Iddasi (2016). Ecosystem Services for Crop Protection in Bean Fields along the Slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Northern Tanzania. 2016 AFRICAN ESP CONFERENCE NAIROBI NOV. 20th - 26th
- Mtei K.M, Pesticidal plants for pest management in beans: key emerging issues. Joint Pan-African Grain Legume and World cowpea conference. Livingstone, Zambia 28th Feb-4th March 2016.
- Mtei, K. M, Putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers in Africa (N2Africa). Collaborative Crop Research Program, Community of Practice for Southern African (SAfCoP7) Lilongwe, Malawi October 2013
- Mtei, K.M., Mussgnug, F., Becker, M. Socio-ecological niches for technologies to improve soil fertility and maize production in Kakamega, Western Kenya. In: Tielkes, E. (Ed.). Tropentag 2009: International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development: Biophysical and Socio-economic Frame Conditions for the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources. University of Hamburg, October 6th-8th, Hamburg, Germany. p.245.
- Other Information:
- Reviwer of eight international journals (Journal of Agriculture and Crops Research, American Journal of environmental Science, Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, Current Agriculture Research Journal, HortScience, International Letters of Natural Science, Journal of Agricultural and Crop Research, Plant Nutrition and Soil Science and Advances in Agriculture)
- Reviwer of three regional journals (African journal of food, agriculture, nutrition and development; Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences and Tanzania Journal of Science)
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Prof. Kelvin Mtei academic background covers areas of agronomy, soil science and environmental science. He holds BSc. in Agronomy (Sokoine University of Agriculture), MSc in Environmental Science (University of Dar es salaam),
Postgraduate Diploma in Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology (University of Ghent) and PhD in Agricultural Sciences (University of Bonn). Current research endeavors:
Dr. Mtei’s research interests target the SDG 2 with focus on SDGs 1, 6, 7 and 13 which further addresses the national and NMAIST research agenda theme 1 (Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security) through issues of Sustainable farming systems, Pollution in soils and agro-products, Land/soil reclamation and socio-ecological niche approach to agro-technology transfer; and theme 5 (Water security and sustainability) through issues of Agricultural Water Management and nutrient recovery.Dr. Mtei has established a research group named “Agro-environment” currently with 10 PhD and 12 MSc researchers addressing the themes mentioned above. Specifically, the current research topics are in areas of; Sustainable Farming/Conservation Agriculture, Soil quality/health management, water resources management, air pollution, Agro-ecological intensification, efficient and effective irrigation, waste water re-use for irrigation, nutrients recovery from waste water, soil pollution assessment, soil erosion fingerprinting and Socio-ecological approach for agro-technology transfer.
He is currently a co- Principal investigator in five collaborative projects/grants related to sustainable farming system (VLI/IUC), reclamation of polluted soils (EU Horizon 2020), Agro-ecological intensification (McKnight foundation), Soil erosion control (NERC-DFID) and combatting deforestation (COSTECH).Furthermore, he has done a number of consultancies in the areas of food security, environmental conservation, and socio-ecological aspects of sustainable farming systems. Dr. Mtei’s immense research experience has produced more than 60 publications in peer reviewed journals as can be seen in his google scholar page
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