Prof GONDWE Timothy
About Prof GONDWE Timothy
Professor Timothy Nthaziyake Pearson Gondwe, Dr. Sc. Agr.
Majoring in Animal Breeding within the context of Livestock Production Systems
Cell +265 (0) 8386847 or +265(0) 993358407
Email tgondwe@luanar.ac.mw
Key Educational qualifications: PhD in Agricultural Sciences (Animal Breeding and Husbandry in the Tropics), University of Goettingen, Germany, 2004;
MSc in Animal Science, University of Malawi, 1997;
BSc in Agriculture with Distinction, University of Malawi, 1994
Timothy Gondwe has over 20 years’ experience in training, research, outreach and consultancy in animal agriculture, especially in poultry, goats, pigs and dairy cattle. These include developing breeding strategies, training of both farmers, front line staff, extension workers and policy makers, policy and strategy development. He has done some consultancies including analyses of optimal livestock species, breeds and systems models to support rural communities. He has ed teams to develop national livestock policy for Malawi and national livestock breeding strategy. He has been in livestock farm boards (recently Bunda Farm) and has been key in developing business plans for all livestock sectors to operate at breakeven. Currently he is key to empower urban rural poultry to produce them cost effectively, especially through training them to produce own feeds, and reduce costs by between 30 – 40 %.
Key Areas of Competence: 1) Livestock breeding within the context of production systems and genetic resource conservation; 2) Livestock Production Systems; 3) non-ruminant feed formulations and training; 4) Research Methods and Data Analyses using SAS, Genstat, SPSS; 5) Conservation and Development of Animal Genetic Resources; 6) Monitoring and Evaluation of food security projects (Training of Indicators, data collection and analyses)
Key Livestock Species: Family poultry (though I work with others especially goats, pigs and dairy cattle).
Current area of research interest: to develop locally adaptable breeds or composites, targeting village chickens and goats, and enhancing animal recording to guide livestock management and breeding. The thrust is to improve livestock genetically while conserving the livestock genetic resources.
Research, Outreach and Innovations:
He is involved in research and outreach in dairy, village poultry, goats and pig production and breeding. He played key role in designing and implementing a Bunda Dairy Outreach innovation in communities that surround Bunda Campus (now a smallholder dairy cooperative). He is now testing an outreach innovation on commercialising smallholder poultry production and community-based breeding programs in goats. He has supervised several under and post graduate students’ research, has been engaged as external examiner at Africa University (under and postgraduate), Botswana College of Agriculture (postgraduate) and University of Fort Hare, South Africa (Postgraduate). He has also developed customised and tailor-made modules for training frontline staff and farmers through various projects. Key modules focus on livestock production and breeding within existing production systems, animal recording, and on-farm feed formulations.
Publications, practices, or products (more on main CV)
(i) Wilson Kaumbata, Liveness Banda, Gábor Mészáros, Timothy Gondwe, M.J. Woodward-Greene, Benjamin D. Rosen, Curtis P. Van Tassell, Johann Sölkner, Maria Wurzinger (2020). Scaling up community-based goat breeding programmes via multi-stakeholder collaboration. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics 2020 / Vol. 121 (2020-05-01), S. S. 99-112; EISSN 2363-6033. https://doi.org/10.17170/kobra-202005281298
(ii) Wilson Kaumbata, Liveness Banda, Gábor Mészáros, Timothy Gondwe, M.J. Woodward-Greene, Benjamin D. Rosen, Curtis P. Van Tassell, Johann Sölkner, Maria Wurzinger (2020). Tangible and intangible benefits of local goats rearing in smallholder farms in Malawi. Small Ruminant Research 187 (2020) 106095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2020.106095
(iii) Mayuni P, Chiumia D, Gondwe T, Banda L, Chagunda M and Kazanga D 2019: Greenhouse gas emissions in smallholder dairy farms in Malawi. Livestock Research for Rural Development. Volume 31, Article #43. Retrieved March 4, 2019, from http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd31/3/mamam31043.html
(iv) Lamuno D, Sölkner J, Mészáros G, Nakimbugwe H, Mulindwa H, Nandolo W, Gondwe T, Tassel C V, Gutiérrez G, Mueller J and Wurzinger M 2018: Evaluation framework of community-based livestock breeding programs. Livestock Research for Rural Development. Volume 30, Article #47. Retrieved March 2, 2018, from http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd30/3/mari30047.html
(v) H Gausi, P Iji, J Gibson & T Gondwe: Socio-economic and livelihood characteristics of rural farmers engaged in indigenous chicken production in Lilongwe, Malawi. Family Poultry Communications, Vol.26, No.1&2-28/47: 28 – 38. www.infpd.net|http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/en/poultry/PL_INFPD.html
(vi) Rakwadi, E. Nsoso, S. J., Gondwe, T. N. and Banda, J. W. (2016) Estimates of phenotypic and genetic parameters and responses to selection in growth traits in three beef cattle breeds raised under ranch conditions in Botswana. Botswana Journal of Agriculture and Applied Sciences 11 (issue 1): 2-10. http://www.ub.bw/ojs/index.php/bojaas
(vii) Wilson Nandolo, Gondwe Timothy and Banda McLoyd 2016. Phenotypic and genetic parameters of calf growth traits for Malawi Zebu. Livestock Research for Rural Development (LRRD), Vol 28, No 036. www.lrrd.org/lrrd28/02/nand28036.htm
(viii) T.N. Gondwe and C.B.A. Wollny, 2007. Local chicken production system in Malawi: Household flock structure, dynamics, management and health. Tropical Animal Health and production, 39: 103 – 113.
(ix) T.N. Gondwe and C.B.A. Wollny, 2005. Growth potential of local chickens in Malawi. International Journal of Poultry Science, 4: 64 – 70. Web www.pjbs.org/ijps/current.htm