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Dr. Ronald Twongyirwe (BSc., MSc., MPhil., PhD)
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies
Senior Lecturer, and Head
Department of Environment and Livelihoods Support Systems
Research interests lie in modelling socio–ecological systems; understanding complex (rural/urban) land use, vegetation and hydrological interactions; biodiversity conservation; emerging (debates on) climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies at both the local and international levels (e.g. REDD+); governance and environmental systems; soil and environmental science and policy; environment and development; extractive industries with a focus on oil and gold, and natural resource management.
Career
Publications
2020
Twongyirwe, R,. Bariyo, R., Odongo, H., Muchunguzi, C., Kemigishaa, P., Nyakato, V. (2020). Good intentions, bad extension systems? How the ‘Garden Store Approach’ crippled tea expansion in Kigezi sub-region, SW Uganda. Agricultural Systems 180: (102681) 1-16.
Fisher, E., D’Angelo, L., Twongyirwe, R., van de Camp, E. (2020) Uganda: Gold as a (Trans)National Treasure. In: The Global Gold Production System Touching Ground: Expansion, Technological Innovation and Informalization. Palgrave Macmillan.
Twongyirwe, R., Mfitumukiza, D., Barasa, B., Naggayia, B. R., Odongo, H., Nyakato V., Mutoni, G. (2019). Perceived effects of drought on household food security in South-western Uganda: Coping responses and determinants. Weather and Climate Extremes, 24: 1-11.
Iwera, R., Twongyirwe, R. (2019). Facilitating Social Enterprise Development through Collective Marketing: Insights from Bukonzo Joint Cooperative Union, Western Uganda. Journal of Fairtrade 1:.13-26.
Twongyirwe, R., Mike Bithell, Keith S. Richards (2018). Revisiting the drivers of deforestation in the tropics: Insights from local and key informant perceptions in western Uganda. Journal of Rural Studies 63: 105-119.
Jeary, K., Kandel, M., Martiniello, G., Twongyirwe, R. (2018). Conservation and Agriculture: finding an optimal balance? In book: Conservation and Development in Uganda. Eds Sandbrook, C., Cavanagh, C. J., Tumusiime, D. M. Publisher: Earthscan/Routledge
Twongyirwe, R., Bithell, M., Richards, K.S. and Rees, W.G. (2017). Do livelihood typologies influence local perceptions of forest cover change? Evidence from a tropical forested and non-forested rural landscape in western Uganda. Journal of Rural Studies 50: 12-29.
Twongyirwe, R., Bithell M., Richards K. S., Rees W. G. (2015). Three Decades of Forest Cover Change in Uganda’s Northern Albertine Rift Landscape. Journal of Land Use Policy 49: 236-251.
Twongyirwe, R., Sheil, D., Sandbrook, E. L., Sandbrook, C. G. (2015). REDD at crossroads? The opportunities, challenges of REDD for conservation and human welfare in Southwest Uganda. International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development 14 (3): 273-298.
Twongyirwe, R., Sheil, D., Majaliwa, J.G.M., Ebanyat, P., Tenywa, M.M., Heist, M. Kumar, L. (2013). Variability of Soil Organic Carbon stock under different land uses: A study in an afro-montane landscape. Geoderma 193–194: 282–289.
Twongyirwe, R., Majaliwa, J. G. M., Ebanyat, P., Tenywa, M. M., Sheil, D., Heist, M, Oluka, M. Kumar, L. (2011). Forest cover conversion dynamics in and around Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in South- western Uganda. Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management 15 (1): 189-195.
Majaliwa J. G. M, Twongyirwe, R., Nyenje R., et al. (2010). The effect of land cover changes on soil properties around Kibale National Park in South Western Uganda. Applied and Environmental Soil Science Article ID 185689, 7 pages. doi: 10.1155/2010/185689.