{"id":77,"date":"2018-08-13T23:05:06","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T23:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/crop\/a-b-kudra\/"},"modified":"2018-08-13T23:05:06","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T23:05:06","slug":"a-b-kudra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/crop\/a-b-kudra","title":{"rendered":"A.B. Kudra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>NAME:<\/strong> Abdul B. Kudra&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> <strong>ACADEMIC RANK:<\/strong> Senior Lecturer (PhD)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> <strong>SPECIALIZATION:<\/strong> Weed science, agronomy and horticulture&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> <strong>RESEARCH INTEREST:<\/strong> Weed science; Agronomy; Horticulture<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> <strong>PUBLICATIONS: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=_iUVBg0AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Kudra_A\" class=\"broken_link\">Research Gate<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span> <br \/> <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>CONTACT:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:abkudra@sua.ac.tz\">abkudra@sua.ac.tz<\/a><a href=\"mailto:abkudra@sua.ac.tz\"><\/a>,, <a href=\"mailto:abkudra@yahoo.com\">abkudra@yahoo.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>BIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Abdul B. Kudra is a Tanzanian national. He graduated with Ph.D. (Weed science\/Agronomy) from the University of Nairobi in 2011; MSc. (Crop Science, 2007) and BSc. (Horticulture, 2005) from the Sokoine University of Agriculture. Dr. Kudra has enhanced his skills by attending seminars and workshops include Training Workshop on Gender, M &amp; E guidelines development, Regional Workshop for Assessment of Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) Curricula in Educational and Agricultural Training Institutions in Africa, The training workshop on Results-Based Research Management, The training workshop on building capacity for Personal Mastery and Social Skills (PMSS), and The training workshop on climate risk assessment for agriculture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Dr. Kudra started his professional carrier at SUA in July 2008 as an Assistant Lecturer in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sua.ac.tz\/crop-science-and-horticulture-department\">Department of Crop Science and Horticulture<\/a>&nbsp;and rose to Senior Lecturer in December 2016. Dr. Kudra has published 7 articles in peer-reviewed journals and extension materials.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sua.ac.tz\/crop-science-and-horticulture-department\">Dr. Kudra is currently the Head of the Department of Crop Science and Horticulture.<\/a> He is RUFORUM\u2019s drylands and climatic change member. He is also member of SUA Pest Management Board and a member of Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement (TOAM). He is the Vice-chairperson, National Plant Protection Advisory Committee (NPPAC), Ministry of Agriculture, July 2019 \u2013 To date. A member, Board of Directors, Tanzania Fertilizer Regulatory Authority (TFRA), Ministry of Agriculture, September 2019 \u2013To date. He is the&nbsp;Co-Principal Investigator (Tanzania) Agroecological Methodology in VEGetable crops (AGROVEG)&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>(funded by Royal Museum of Central Africa) 2019 -2023. He has been involved in various academic-related initiatives, among them curriculum development and review.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">His research interest has been&nbsp;&nbsp; in agro-ecological agriculture, climate change, crop protection, conservation agriculture and Good Agriculture Practices (GAPs) for perennial and horticultural crops.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAME: Abdul B. Kudra&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACADEMIC RANK: Senior Lecturer (PhD) SPECIALIZATION: Weed science, agronomy and horticulture&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; RESEARCH INTEREST: Weed science; Agronomy; Horticulture PUBLICATIONS: Google Scholar | Research Gate&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CONTACT: abkudra@sua.ac.tz,, abkudra@yahoo.com. BIOGRAPHYAbdul B. Kudra is a Tanzanian national. 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