PERSONAL INFORMATION
Full Name: Dr Proches Hieronimo Msigula.
Title: Lecturer
Area of specialization: Land Use Planning and Management, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Landscape Ecology
School: School of Engineering and Technology
Department: Department of Agricultural Engineering
Office Location: School of Engineering and Technology Administration Building
Email address: procheshieronimo[at]sua.ac.tz
Dr. Proches Hieronimo Msigula (male) is Lecturer and Head of Department of Agricultural Engineering. He is SUA employee since 2010. He holds a PhD in Land Use and Landscape Ecology; Master of Science in Land Use Planning and Management and Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering of SUA. His main areas of expertise are in land use planning and management, Geographic Information System (GIS), Landscape Ecology and Geomorphology, but he also has significant experience in applied remote sensing since 2005 and is one of the two staffs managing the Remote Sensing and GIS Laboratory unit at SUA since 2016 todate. He is a national thematic expert-drought (drought monitoring using remote sensing technology) under MESA SADC THEMA project. He is also managing MESA Earth Observation data receiving station installed at SUA used for monitoring drought, fire and agriculture. He has supervised 7 graduate students and has also been working on wildlife corridors, land use planning and management, geomorphology, land resources assessment and relationship of landscape factors and small mammals. Dr. Proches is teaching several courses at SUA including Soil and Water Conservation, Survey and Mapping Science, Aspects of Environmental Engineering, Geomorphology, GIS and Principles of Land Use Planning. He trained and guided 9 PhD students (from Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia and Nigeria) on application of remote sensing and GIS technologies in their PhD research projects being part of capacity building component of African Centre of Excellency for Innovative Rodent Pest Management and Biosensor Technology Development hosted by SUA, Tanzania. Dr. Proches worked for World Wide Fund (WWF) Tanzania Country Office from 2006 to 2010 as Land Use Planner and Acting Udzungwa Project Coordinator. He also worked as Maintenance Engineer in Food Processing and Plastics Industries from 1998 to 2003 and is registered with Engineers Registration Board (ERB) of Tanzania. He has been involved in several researches and consultancy works successfully accomplished from 2010 to 2021 in the areas of Landscape ecology, Land Use Planning, Land Use Management, Applied remote sensing and GIS, Wildlife Conservation, Land Resources Management and Geomorphology. He has published more than 15 peer reviewed articles and has presented research findings in several scientific conferences in Africa and Europe.
Academic/Educational Background
PhD (Land Use and Landscape Ecology), SUA, Tanzania, 2015
MSc (Land Use Planning and Management), SUA, Tanzania, 2007
BSc (Agric Eng), SUA, Tanzania, 1998
Research Interests / Areas
Landscape Ecology
Land Use Planning
Land Use Management
Wildlife Conservation
Land Resources Management and Geomorphology
List of courses
Undergraduate courses
AE 112: Engineering Statics
AE 330: Aspect of Environmental Engineering
IWRE 413: Soil and Water Conservation
GEO 202: Survey and Mapping Science
AE 421: Ergonomics, Safety and Maintenance
Postgraduate courses
LU 600: Introductory Geomorphology
LU 602: Geographic Information System
LU 603: Principles of Land Use Planning
AE 605: Soil and Water Conservation
LU 801: GIS and Remote Sensing Applications
Students Supervision
Supervision of Undergraduate Students Special Projects
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S/N |
STUDENT NAME |
Research Title |
Year |
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2.1.1 |
Erick Bomas |
Development of Watershed Management Decision Support System |
2021-2022 |
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2.1.2 |
Myavilwa Paul |
Assessment of the Quality of Rainwater Harvested Using Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting Technology in Morogoro Municipality |
2021-2022 |
|
2.1.3 |
Ndungu John Patrick |
Watershed Drainage Channels Characterization |
2021-2022 |
|
2.1.4 |
Omar Abdala |
Identification of Potential Areas Suitable for Irrigated Agriculture |
2021-2022 |
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2.1.5 |
Mgwale Salum Rashid |
Design and Fabrication of an Automatic Solar Dryer of Cardamon for improving Cardamon Quality |
2022-2023 |
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2.1.6 |
Mlunda Simon S |
Design and Fabrication of an Automatic Solar Dryer of Cardamon for improving Cardamon Quality |
2022-2023 |
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2.1.7 |
Moh’d Mathna Suleiman |
Design and Fabrication of an Automatic Solar Dryer of Cardamon for improving Cardamon Quality |
2022-2023 |
2.2 Supervision of Masters Students
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SN |
Name of Student |
Research title |
Year |
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2.2.1 |
Dickson B. Pori |
Integrating Soil Resources and Conventional Land Qualities in Web-Based Decision Support Tool for Improved Urban Planning in Morogoro Municipality |
2020-22 |
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2.2.2 |
Godwin D. Mshana |
Assessment of Urban Settlements Expansion and Helath facilities’ Spatial Pattern in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania |
2020-22 |
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2.2.3 |
Kimario Pius Edina |
The Use of GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques to Eva.uate the Wetland Degradation in Wami Ruvu Basin |
2021-23 |
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2.2.4 |
Ng’wendesha Rebeca M |
GIS Based Multicriteria Analysis for Zoning of Agricultural Land and Grazing Land within Village Lands in Tanzania: Approach for Sustainable Land Management and Conflict Resolution |
2022-2024 |
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2.2.5 |
Prince Batamuzi |
Assessment of the Contribution of Village Land Use Plan in Forest Conservation |
2022-2024 |
2.3 Supervision of PhD Students
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SN |
Name of Student |
Research title |
Year |
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2.3.1 |
Munna, Abubakari. H |
Ecological Niches and Effects of Marula Tree (Sclerocarya birrea) Subspecies on the Performamnce of Sorghum in Dryland Areas |
2019-22 |
Journal Articles
Jones, T., Bamford, A.J., Ferrol-Schulte, D., Hieronimo, P., McWilliam, N., Rovero, F. (2012). Vanishing wildlife corridors and options for restoration: a case study from Tanzania. Tropical Conservation Science 5(4):463-474
Hieronimo, P., Meliyo, J., Gulinck, H., Kimaro, D.N., Mulungu, L.S., Kihupi, N.I., Msanya, B.M., Leirs, H., Deckers, J.A. (2014). Integrating land cover and terrain characteristics to explain plague risks in Western Usambara Mountains, Tanzania: a geospatial approach. Tanzania Journal of Health Research 16(3): Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/thrb.v16i3.7
Hieronimo, P., Kimaro, D.N., Kihupi, N.I., Gulinck, H., Mulungu, L.S., Msanya, B.M., Leirs, H. and Deckers, J.A. (2014). Land use determinants of small mammal abundance and distribution in a plague endemic area of Lushoto District, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research 16(3): Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/thrb.v16i3.8
Hieronimo, P., Kihupi, N.I., Kimaro, D.N., Gulinck, H., Mulungu, L.S.,Msanya, B.M., Leirs, H. and Deckers, J.A. (2014). Contribution of land use to rodent flea load distribution in the plague endemic area of Lushoto District, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research 16(3): Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/thrb.v16i310.
Hieronimo, P., Gulinck, H., Kimaro, D.N., Mulungu, L.S., Kihupi, N.I., Msanya, B.M., Leirs, H. and Deckers, J.A. (2014). Human activity spaces and plague risks in three contrasting landscapes in Lushoto District, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research 16(3): Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/thrb.v16i3.2
Kimaro, D.N., Msanya, B.M., Meliyo, J., Hieronimo, P., Mwango, S., Kihupi, N.I., Gulinck, H. and Deckers, J.A. (2014). Anthropogenic soils and land use patterns in relation to small mammal and flea abundance in plague endemic area of Western Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research16(3): Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/thrb.v16i3.9
Meliyo, J.L., Kimaro, D.N., Msanya, B.M., Mulungu, L.S., Hironimo, P., Kihupi, N.I., Gulinck, H. and Deckers, J.A. (2014). Predicting small mammal and flea abundance using landform and soil properties in a plague endemic area in Lushoto District, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research 16(3): Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/thrb.16i3.3
Meliyo, J.L., Massawe, B.H.J., Msanya, B.M., Kimaro, D.N., Hieronimo, P., Mulungu, L.S., Kihupi, N.I., Deckers, J.A., Gulinck, H. and Leirs, H. (2014). Landform and surface attributes for prediction of rodent burrows in the Western Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research 16(3): Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/thrb.v16i3.5
Hubeau, M., Gulinck, H., Kimaro, D.N., Hieronimo, P. and Meliyo, J. (2014). Influence of human activity patterns on epidemiology of plague in Western Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. Tanzania journal of Health Research 16(3): Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/thrb.v16i3.1
Kimaro, D.N. and Hieronimo, P. (2014). Land for agriculture in Tanzania: Challenges and opportunities. Journal of Land and Society (JLS) 1(1):91-102
Meliyo, J.L., Msanya, B.M., Kimaro, D.N., Massawe, B.H.J., Hironimo, P., Mulungu, L., Deckers, J. AndGulinck, H. (2016). Variability of soil organic carbon with landforms and land use in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania. Soil Science and Environmental Management Vol. 7(9), 123-132, DOI: 10.5897/JSSEM2016.0557
Chidodo D.J., Kimaro, N.D., Hieronimo, P., Makundi, R.H., Isabirye, M., Leirs, H., Massawe, A.W., Mdangi, M.E., Kifumba, D., Mulungu, L.(2019). Application of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) to forecast rodent population abundance in smallholder agro-ecosystems in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2018-0175.
Mlyashimbi, E.C.M., Broecke, B.V., Marien, J., Kimaro, D.N., Tarimo, A.J.P., Machang’u, R.S., Isabirye, M., Makundi, R.H., Massawe, A.W., Hieronimo, P., Kifumba, D., Leirs, H., Mdangi, E.M., Belmain, S.R., Mulungu, L.(2019) Soil type influences population dynamics and survival of the Multimammate rat (Mastomysnatalensis) in semi-arid areas in Tanzania. Crop Protection 124: 104829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2019.05.023
W.G. Mkongera, P. Hieronimo, N.I. Kihupi, I.S. Selemani and A.Z. Sangeda (2021). Assessment of spread of noxious Kongwa weed in Tanzania, using pathway risk analysis. Indian Journal of Weed Science 53(2): 169–172, 2021
Mshana G., Mbilinyi, B.P and Msigula P.H (2022). Characterization and Quantification of Urban Expansion and Impact on Urban Planning Practice in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania. Journal of Scientific Research & Reports. 28(8): 57-71, 2022; Article no.JSRR.87893 ISSN: 2320-0227
Oforo Didas Kimaro, Sintayehu Legesse Gebre, Proches Hieronimo,Nganga Kihupi,Karl-Heinz Feger, Didas N. Kimaro (2022). Handheld NDVI Sensor-based Rice Productivity Assessment under Combinations of Fertilizer Soil Amendment and Irrigation Water Management in Lower Moshi Irrigation Scheme, Tanzania. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1601413/v1
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Head of Department- Department of Agricultural Engineering
Department of Agricultural Engineering
Sokoine University of Agriculture,
P.O. Box 3003, Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro Tanzania
Tel: +255 23 2604216
Cell: +255 783 075747
E-mail: procheshieronimo@sua.ac.tz, phmusigula@gmail.com, age@sua.ac.tz