Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Plant Production and Soil Science
Chirwa, PW
MSc (Florida University) USA PhD (Nottingham University) UK - Professor
NRF Rating: C3
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3213
Fax number: 012 420 4120
E-mail address: paxie.chirwa@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Sustainable plant production
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Quinion A, Chirwa PW, Akinnifesi FK, Ajayi OC: 2010. Do agroforestry technologies improve the livelihoods of the resource poor farmers? Evidence from Kasungu and Machinga districts of Malawi. Agroforestry Systems, 80, pp 457-465.
Akinnifesi FK, Ajayi OC, Sileshi G, Chirwa PW, Chianu J: 2010. Fertiliser trees for sustainable food security in the maize-based production systems of East and Southern Africa. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 30, pp 615-629, Full Text
Syampungani S, Geldenhuys C, Chirwa PW: 2010. Age and growth rate determination using growth rings of selected miombo woodlands species in charcoal and, slash and burn regrowth stands. Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment, 2 (8) / August, pp 167-174, Full Text
Chirwa PW, Ham C, Maphiri S, Balmer M: 2010. Bioenergy use and food preparation practices of two communities in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, 21 (4), pp 26-31, Full Text
Syampungani S, Geldenhuys C, Chirwa PW: 2010. The use of species-stem curves in sampling the development of the Zambian miombo woodland species in charcoal production and slash and burn regrowth stands. Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science (Southern Hemisphere Forestry Journal), 72 (2), pp 83-89.
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