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in 2018. He served as the vice-president of the
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In 2007, Mafongoya joined UKZN as a professor of agriculture, earth and environmental sciences. Since 2015, he has served as the SARChI chair in agronomy and rural development. He leads a research group that focuses on tropical resources, ecology, environment and climate, crop-livestock integration,
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Giller, Ken E.; Cadisch, Georg; Ehaliotis, Costas; Adams, Edward; Sakala, Webster D.; Mafongoya, Paramu L. (26 October 2015). "Building Soil
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