Dr Lovemore Musemwa

Dr Lovemore Musemwa (PhD) is a senior lecturer, a specialist in rural development, a qualified agricultural economist, and the chairperson of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Education, and Extension at Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE), Zimbabwe. He is a member of the African Association for Agricultural Economists. At BUSE, Dr Musemwa coordinates the MSc in Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture program. His broad practical and theoretical experience in lecturing, conducting research, especially in remote areas and supervising under and post-graduate students places him in a position where he knows many methodologies for spearheading rural development and conducting research on value chain analysis, efficiency, food security, agroecology, climate change adaptation and mitigation, rural livelihoods, natural resource management, agricultural marketing and economics.

He has done consultancy work for numerous organizations and parties, including UNFPA, UNICEF, African Forest Forum, Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network, Fambidzanayi Permaculture Centre, Development Data, Lower Centenary Producers Trust, and Farmers Association of Community Self-Help Investment Groups (FACHIG) in rural development programs intended to raise the standard of living for the rural poor. He has published over 40 journal articles and three book chapters to date. He can work well in a team and also under minimum supervision. He serves as a reviewer for various reputable journals. Dr Musemwa supervises and examines BSc, MSc and PhD research projects for various institutions in the region. He has a 14 Google Scholar H-index.