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Dr. Tamuka Magadzire

Director, RAMP Lab · Affiliate Research Scholar

Department of Physics, University of Botswana

Regional Scientist, FEWS NET / Climate Hazards Center, UCSB

Agroclimatology Drought Monitoring Food Security EWS CHIRPS / Remote Sensing Climate Services SADC Region

Dr. Magadzire has over 23 years of expertise in agroclimatology, drought monitoring, and food security early warning across Southern Africa. He is the lead developer of operational tools GeoWRSI, GeoCLIM, and GeoCOF, used by the SADC Climate Services Centre and multiple national meteorological services.

He serves as Regional Scientist for FEWS NET (Famine Early Warning Systems Network) and directs AgVal Networks, a climate adaptation consultancy based in Gaborone. His research at RAMP Lab focuses on rainfall onset dynamics, combined drought indicators, and building African-owned early warning infrastructure.