Christina Geofrey Mandara
Dr Christina Geofrey Mandara is a trained social development planner who works as a senior lecturer at the Institute of Rural Development Planning in Dodoma, Tanzania. Her education background encompasses mixed-complementing disciplines, namely community development, environmental planning, application of spatial technologies in natural resources planning and management, gender studies, as well as sociology and development. Her publications, research and consultancy works focus on application of spatial technologies in social sciences, development and critical gender studies, rural water services, policy analysis, environmental studies, food security and climate change. Dr Mandara has a PhD (2014) in Sociology and Development from Wageningen University & Research, in the Netherlands.
Recent publications:
1. Mpogole, H., Kauki, H., Namwata, B., Ngilangwa, E., Mandara, C and Hauli, E. (2023). Can subsistence farmers commercialize? Evidence from the southern highlands of Tanzania. Farming System 1, (2) 1-10.
2. Safari, J.G., Kirwa, M.K. and Mandara, C.G. (2022). Food insecurity in pastoral communities of Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania. Agric & Food Security 11, 36.
3. Mpogole, H., Kauki, B., Ngilangwa, E., Mandara, C., Namwata, B., and Hauli, E. (2022). Commercialization of Smallholder Agriculture in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania. IRDP Special Paper No. 2022/001. Institute of Rural Development Planning (IRDP), Dodoma, Tanzania.
4. Mapunda, I.L., Masanyiwa, Z.S and Mandara, C.G. (2020). Community Awareness and Determinants for Enrolment in Early Childhood Education among Agro-Pastoralist Communities in Kongwa District, Tanzania. Rural Planning Journal, 22 (1): 64-80.
5. Masanyiwa, Z.S., Mandara, C.G. and Mamboya, S.F. (2018). Quest for political inclusivity: Enablers and Barriers for Political Participation for Persons with Disabilities in Tanzania. Rural Planning Journal, 20 (1): 61-71.