Brian Dzoma

Biography

Brian Dzoma has over a decade experience in undertaking agronomic research, development and extension activities that focus on improving the productivity, profitability and sustainability of low rainfall cropping systems. His research focus is on improving the productivity of crops and pastures on hostile soils with constraints such as sub-soil compaction, poor fertility, herbicide residues and highly alkaline calcareous soils.

He also works closely with local farming systems groups to facilitate the development of research projects and to provide low rainfall mixed farming enterprises with new knowledge, tools and capability to adopt management changes that improve the sustainability and productivity of crops and pastures.

Research interests

• Management of infertile sandy soils
• Improving soil fertility and crop production on highly calcareous soils
• Sustainable amelioration of compacted soils
• Novel amendments and re-engineering poor performing soils

Qualifications

• PhD candidate, University of Adelaide
• Grad Cert (Climate Change for Primary Industries), 2016, University of Melbourne
• Masters (Sustainable Agric), 2013, Charles Sturt University
• B. Ag. Sci, 2002, Africa University, Zimbabwe