Pauline Chivenge, is a Senior Scientist in Cropping Systems Agronomy/Climate Change for the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) based in Tanzania. Pauline earned a PhD in Soils and Biogeochemistry at the University of California, Davis.
Most of Pauline’s research has focused on soil and nutrient management in smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. She has led a couple of international projects, working in diverse farming systems on topics that include biogeochemical nutrient cycling, natural resource management, watershed management, carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas emissions and sustainable ecosystem functioning. She has supervised more than 20 MSc and PhD students in Africa and Asia and has published more than 40 peer-reviewed journal papers and several book chapters.
Before joining IRRI, Pauline was a Principal Scientist at the African Plant Nutrition in Morocco.