DAAD climapAfrica Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Zambia
Lusaka
Zambia
Dr. Lydia M. Chabala currently works as Lecturer/Researcher at the University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia Her research interests are in the areas of sustainable land and natural resource management, remote sensing, and soil ecosystem services in a changing climate. Her current work relates digital soil assessment, land use - climate change interactions, and soil water quality assessment in different catchments. She is currently serving as one of the Soil Experts on the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS) of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP - FAO).
Publications (most recent)
L.M. Chabala, J.G. Chimungu, R.M. Lark, F. Mtambanengwe, P.C. Nalivata, E. Phiri, G.M. Sakala. 2020. Eliciting experts’ tacit models for the interpretation of soil information, an example from the evaluation of potential benefits from conservation agriculture. Geoderma. 376, 114545, 1- 11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114545
Langa Tembo, Lydia M. Chabala and Pharaoh C. Sianangama. 2020. Assessment of a climate-smart cropping combination for integrated crop and livestock production system. 12(2): 8-15, 2020; DOI: 10.9734/ARJA/2020/v12i230078
Chabala L.M., Mulolwa A. and Lungu O. 2017. Application of ordinary kriging in mapping soil organic carbon in Zambia. Pedosphere 27( 2), 338 – 343. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1002-0160(17)60321-7
I participate at climapAfrica because...
My main motivation to participate climapAfrica program is to enable me have a focused and dedicated time towards research in climate issues particularly in land use and agricultural systems. My aim is to apply current approaches in machine learning applicable to soil science to evaluate climate and land use interactions in agricultural systems. The ClimAfrica fellowship affords a unique opportunity to collaborate and network with colleagues with similar research interests across Africa and German in general. I am motivated at the chance to work with a Senior researcher at another University. I am keen to participate as an alumnus later in supporting scientific research, resource mobilization and mentoring initiatives that will promote a cadre of local scientists who can work within the region using world class scientific principles and approaches to provide home grown solutions to pressing needs.