Dr. Thabo Ndlovu
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Dr. Thabo Ndlovu
- Full name : Dr Thabo Ndlovu
Director
- Contact Details
Telephone No: +263-292-231262
Office Extension: 3011
Direct Line: +263 292- 231187
- Short Biography
Dr Thabo Ndlovu is a disaster risk management specialist with more than 20 years of humanitarian and agriculture recovery experience to his work. Thabo holds a PhD in Disaster Risk Management, Master in Disaster Risk Management, a Master of Business Administration, BSc in Agriculture Management, postgraduate diploma in development and disaster management as well as a diploma in agriculture. He is the Director of the Institute of Development Sciences and a Coordinator of the United Nations World Food Programme and Institute of Development Studies partnership programme. Further, he is a former member of Africa Science Technology and Advisory Group under the African Union Commission. Thabo has served a number of organizations and these include World Vision International Zimbabwe as Agriculture Officer, European Union as Programme Officer, Zimbabwe Developing Communities Programme as Programme Coordinator and Heifer Project International as Project Officer. His research interests are in resilience building, climate smart agriculture, asset creation, Three-Pronged Approach and Community Based Participatory Approaches. Thabo has published on sustainable agriculture, irrigation farming, disaster risk reduction and cash transfer modalities. He has participated in projects such as the development of a Sustainability Plan and Business Continuity Model for the Southern Africa Development Community Humanitarian and Emergency Operation Centre (SHOC) as well as strengthening of the Disaster Risk Reduction Coordination Planning and Policy Advisory Capacity of the SADC region.
- Academic Qualifications
PhD in Disaster Management
Master in Business Administration
Master in Disaster Management
BSc in Agriculture Management
Post Graduate Diploma in Development and Disaster Management
Diploma in Agriculture
- Courses Taught
Hazards, disasters and emergency management systems
Community based disaster risk reduction & resilience
- Research interests
Disaster risk reduction, resilience building, livelihoods climate smart agriculture, asset creation
- Research Links
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1465-0843
- Publications
- Ndlovu et al. 2015. Farmer participation: A drive towards sustainable agricultural production in Makwe irrigation scheme, Zimbabwe. J. Agric. Econ. Ext. Rural Dev, 3, pp.308-320.
- Moyo, F., Ndlovu, T., Francis, B. and Ncube, T.M., 2018. The effects of artisanal mining on irrigation farming-the case of Umzinyathini Irrigation Scheme in Umzingwane District, Southern Matabeleland, Zimbabwe. African Journal of Public Affairs, 10(2), pp.139-162.
- Ndlovu, T. & Ndlovu, S., 2019, ‘Are cash transfers the panacea to local involvement in humanitarian decision-making? Evidence Umzingwane’, Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 11(1), a486.
- Ndlovu, T., 2019, ‘Coping with drought: Reflection of communal cattle farmers in Umzingwane district in Zimbabwe’, Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 11(1), a813. https://doi.org/ 10.4102/ jamba.v11i1.813
- Ndlovu, et al., 2021. Participation of communal cattle farmers in drought risk reduction in Southern Zimbabwe. Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 13(1).
- Ndlovu, T. and Mjimba, V., 2021. Drought risk-reduction and gender dynamics in communal cattle farming in Southern Zimbabwe. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, p.102203.
- Mbiro, K.A. & Ndlovu, T., 2021, ‘Impact of women’s participation on village savings and loan on children’s nutritional diversity in rural Chimanimani in Zimbabwe’, Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 13(1), a1043. https://doi.org/10.4102/ jamba. v13i1.1043 Drought
- Ndlovu, T., 2022, Natural Hazards Governance in Zimbabwe; Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science-
- Moyo, F., Ncube, M. and Ndlovu, T., 2022. The Competing Nature-Based Livelihood-Strategies: Artisanal Small-Scale Mining (ASM) Perspectives in Agricultural-Communities in Umzingwane District, Zimbabwe. African Journal of Public Administration and Environmental Studies, 1(2), pp.171-199.
- Moyo, P., Ndlovu T., Moyo T. et al. (2023) Climate Action Policies, Strategies & Programming in Southern Africa: Missed Opportunities for Climate Justice in Moyo P (Ed) (2023) _Climate Action_ in __Southern_ _Africa: Implications_ _for_ _Climate_ _Justice_ _and_ _Just_ _Transition. Routledge: _London.
- Ndlovu, T. and Mamba F., 2023. Contextualizing the Seasonal Livelihoods Programming tool in drought resilience planning: Experiences from Southern Zimbabwe. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
- Mamba S.F and Ndlovu T., 2023, Sustainability Transition: Implications for Poverty, Job Creation and Inequality in Eswatini in Moyo P (Ed) (2023) _Climate Action_ in __Souther_ _Africa: Implications_ _for_ _Climate_ _Justice_ _and_ _Just_ _Transition. Routledge:
- Ndlovu, T, & Moyo, P., 2023, Drought Adaptation Practices and Rangeland Management in Rural Umzingwane, Zimbabwe Implications for Climate Justice, Moyo P (Ed) (2023) _Climate Action_ in __Southern_ _Africa: Implications_ _for_ _Climate_ _Justice_ _and_ _Just_ _Transition. Routledge:
- Ndlovu, T. and Mamba F., 2023. Contextualizing the Seasonal Livelihoods Programming tool in drought resilience planning settings: Experiences from Southern Zimbabwe. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
- Mandiopera, W.D., Ndlovu, T. and Kai, G., 2023. Indigenous knowledge systems and drought preparedness in rural Umzingwane in Zimbabwe. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, p.104128.
- Ndlovu, T. & Msimanga, M., 2023, ‘Community-based participatory planning contribution to social capital for enhanced disaster resilience in rural Matobo, Zimbabwe’, Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 15(1), a1409.
- Community Service Engagement
- Adaptation of the Three-Pronged Approach in rural and urban Zimbabwe
- The impact of human activities on the Zambezi water basin