PERSONAL INFORMATION
Full Name: BEATHA THOMAS MKOJERA
Title: ASSISTANT LECTURER
School: SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
Department: DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE AND AGROPROCESSING
Office Location: DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND NUTRITION BUILDING, OFFICE NO. 27
Email address: mkojera[at]sua.ac.tz
Beatha Thomas Mkojera is an enthusiastic academician in the Department of Food Science and Agro-processing at Sokoine University of Agriculture. She is result-oriented and a team player who believes in moving forward and succeeding together. Beatha’s passion and dream are to improve the nutrition and health status of toddlers and younger children in her country, Tanzania. She enjoys travelling and exploring newer innovative ideas that will increase the diversity and nutrient content of various foods. Believing in teamwork spirit and innovation, Beatha is ready to join hands and work with others to improve the nutrition of many African children.
Academic/Educational Background
MSc. Food Science (First Class), 2017- 2019, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania.
BSc. Food Science and Technology (First Class), 2011-2015, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania.
Research Interests / Areas
Formulation of nutrition-smart complementary food for children and other vulnerable groups.
Processing of safe and best quality spices
Research Projects
Masters Dissertation: Quality and safety of spices grown by implying organic farming at Matombo ward, Morogoro- Tanzania, 2019.
List of courses
Food Biochemistry
Food Physical chemistry
Sensory evaluation of Foods
Principles of Food Processing and Preservation
Students Supervision
2019-2020: Co-supervised a total of 26 students
2020-2021: Supervised 14 students
2021-2022: Supervised 13 students
Journal Articles
Mkojera, B. T., & Chove, B. (2021). Assessment of harvesting and post-harvest handling practices on organically grown cloves and black pepper in Tawa Ward, Morogoro. Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 20(2), 317-325.
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=yBS3MYAAAAAJ
Research Gate
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Beatha-Mkojera
2021: Principal Investigator in the project known as Urban micro-gardening that targeted to increase vegetable consumption among poor urban families located in Morogoro. The project was funded by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)
2019: Research and knowledge dissemination on Quality, Microbiological and Chemical Safety of organically produced spices in Morogoro Rural District. This community awareness project was part of my Master’s dissertation under collaboration and sponsorship by Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania (SAT).
Postal address: P.O.Box 3006 Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro
Telephone: +255713350375
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8614-1765
Email address: beatha.mkojera[at]sua.ac.tz