Fadzayi Mashiri

 
University of California Cooperative Extension
Title: Mariposa County Director / Farm Advisor
Phone: 209-966-2417


Biography

Dr. Fadzayi Mashiri is Director of UCCE in Mariposa County and Livestock and Natural Advisor in Mariposa and Merced Counties. As County Director Fadzayi provides oversight, support, and direction for all UCCE county research and outreach programs; liaises and strengthens relationships among county administration, stakeholders, and UCANR leadership and staff; and grows and manages the budget.

In her role as Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor, Fadzayi conducts research and extends evidence-based production and best management practices to increase economic viability for livestock producers, while promoting sustainable management of natural resources. Her work focuses on rangeland ecology, impacts of rangeland conversion, weed management, improving understanding, and enhancing ecosystem services provided by working rangelands and fire risk reduction using grazing and prescribed fire.

Before joining UC ANR Fadzayi was a Senior Research Specialist at the University of Arizona working on adaptive grazing management focused on developing sustainable grazing systems. Before that, she worked in Zimbabwe as a lecturer and chairperson of the department of Livestock and Wildlife Management at the Midlands State University and as a Senior Agricultural Extension Officer for the Agriculture Extension Services. Her work as Extension Officer started her interest in extension and participatory approaches.

 

Education

PhD Rangeland Management, University of Arizona. 2010
M.S Management of Natural Resources and Sustainable Agriculture, Agriculture University of Norway. 1999
B.S Animal Science, University of Zimbabwe. 1992

Discipline

Rangeland Ecology/Management

Specialty

Rangeland Ecology and Management, Management of Natural Resources, Livestock Management, Weed Management, Grazing Management, Ecosystem Services

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Bibliography

Peer Reviewed

  • K, Siegel; Macauley, L., et al. (In Press). Impacts of livestock grazing on wildfire probability across regions and vegetation types in California. Ecological Applications.
  • N., Buckley Biggs; J., Hafner, et al. (2021). Payments for ecosystem services within the hybrid governance model: evaluating policy alignment and complementarity on California rangelands. Ecology and Society. 1:26, 19.
  • Shapero, M.W.K.; Huntsinger, L., et al. (2018). Land manager perceptions of the opportunities and constraints of using livestock to manage invasive plants. Rangeland Ecology and Management. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 71, 603-611.
  • Rinella, M. J.; Davy, J. S., et al. (2018). Timing Aminopyralid Applications to Constrain Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski) Seed Production Controls the Invader and Increases Forage Grasses. Invasive Plant Science and Management. Invasive Plant Sciences Management. 11, 61-68.
  • D. K. Macon, S. Barry (2016). Coping With Drought on California Rangelands. Rangelands. 38, 222-228.
  • Mashiri, Fadzayi E.; McClaran, Mitchel P., et al. (2008). Short-and Long-Term Vegetation Change Related to Grazing Systems, Precipitation, and Mesquite Cover. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 61:4, 368–379.

Non-Peer Reviewed

  • Mashiri, Fadzayi (2015). Fast and easy rangeland monitoring using repeat photography. UC ANR Green Blog.
  • Mashiri, Fadzayi (2015). Low residual dry matter on rangeland a concern heading into wet season. UC ANR Green Blog.
  • Mashiri, Fadzayi (2014). Looking ahead: Post drought rangeland management. Green Blog. September 3. http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=15184
  • Mashiri, Fadzayi * Hutchinson Barbara * Ruyle George (2011). "International Outreach." from http://globalrangelands.org/international-outreach.
  • Mashiri, Fadzayi (1999). Farming Systems and Food Security in Low Rainfall Communal Areas of Zimbabwe. The Case of Zvishavane District, Midlands Province.N. Shanmugaratnum. 110.

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