Prof. Gachene Charles K.K.

Currently a Professor in Soil Science, Dept of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology (LARMAT), served as the Chairman of Dept of Soil Sc and also first Chairman, Dept of LARMAT. A specialist in soil and water management. Has over 150 publications of which 99 are in refereed journals, 42 published book chapters, 18 conference papers in refereed proceedings, 30 proceeding papers, 5 manuals and several soil survey advisory reports. Has supervised 36 MSc and 24 PhD students to completion, 12 of whom are teaching in public universities. Currently teaching soil survey, genesis and classification, soil and water management and Remote Sensing and GIS. Has served as an External Examiner in a number of universities and has been a member of several task forces. Currently an Associate Editor of the USA based Journal of Soil and water conservation, and member of the Editorial Board of the international journal of ‘Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems’, Yucatan, Mexico