Dr. Ahmad A.M. Kyaruzi

Dr. Athman Kyaruzi AHMAD graduated with a PhD from Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU). He also holds M.Sc. (Agric. Edu& Ext.) (2008) and B.Sc. Agric. Edu& Ext  of Sokoine University of Agriculture. He serves has been serving as a lecturer since July 2012 – to date . He has also worked as Programme Coordinator, Women and Poverty Alleviation in Tanzania at Mikese in Morogoro District from July 2004 to September 2006. He also taught at various secondary schools from 1994 to 1998. He also holds other lleadership responsibilities in the department including supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students. Other duties include conducting research on agricultural development, service delivery, poverty alleviation adoption of innovations and school agriculture and Consultancy in agricultural extension, and program/ project evaluation, pedagogy and Youth in agriculture. The following are a list of his publications:

• Gjøtterud, S. M., & Ahmad, A. K. (2018). Transformative Power of Cross-Cultural PhD Supervision. International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 13, 441-456. https://doi.org/10.28945/4140.
• Kalungwizi, V. J. S., Gjøtterud, M., Krogh, E., Mattee A. and A. K. Ahmad (2017). Participative planning of environmental education activities: experiences from tree planting project at a teacher training college in Tanzania. Educational Action Research international journal: DOI:10.1080/09650792.2017.1342680
• Ahmad, A.K., Gjøtterud S.M. & Krogh, E. (2015). Dialogue conferences and empowerment: transforming primary education in Tanzania through cooperation. Educational Action Research international journal: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09650792.2015.1058172
• Ahmad, K.A., Gjøtterud, S.M.  & Krogh, E. (2015). Exploring possibilities for contextualizing primary school education in rural Tanzania following a participatory action research approach.  Journal of Action Researcher in Education (ARE) (6) p.69-90.
• Msuya, C. P.,Ahmad, A. K., Kalunguizi, V., Busindi, I., Rwambali, E., Krogh, E., Gjøtterud,S.,… Nziku, Z. (2014). Revitalization of education for self-reliance in education for enhancing youth involvement in agriculture in Tanzania. South African Journal of Agricultural Extension, 42( 2),103–114. 

• Ahmad, A.K., E. Krogh, and S.M. Gjøtterud. (2014). Reconsidering the Philosophy of Education for Self-Reliance (ESR) from an Experiential Learning Perspective in Contemporary Education in Tanzania.’’ Journal of Educational Research for Social Change 3 (1): 3-19. 

• Kyaruzi, A.AM. , Mlozi, M.R.S. and Busindi, I.M (2010) Gendered based effectiveness of Agricultural Extension Agents’ contacts with smallholder farmers in extension services delivery: A case of kilosa district, Tanzania. Journal of Continuing Education and Extension Vol. 3, Issue No. 2, pp 86-95.