NAME OF STAFF: Yinda Godwin Sendze
FACULTY: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
DEPARTMENT: Agronomic and Applied Molecular Sciences
University of Buea E-mail: godwin.sendze@ubuea.cm
Secondary E-mail: goddysendze@gmail.com
Tel: +237 677 444 774
GRADE: Lecturer
BRIEF EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
1999: PhD (Agronomy), University of Ibadan, Nigeria
1987: M.Sc. (Soil Science), University of Ibadan, Nigeria
1984: B.Sc. (Hons.) Chemistry, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
RESEARCH INTEREST AREA:
MASTER DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISED Nine (9)
Four (4) most impactful
1. Taka N.G. (2013). The influence of geology and soils on cocoa yields in Meme division, South West Region, Cameroon. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Environmental Science, University of Buea.
2. Kum C.T. (2013). Soil carbon sequestration under different land use and management systems on the southern parts of the Mount Cameroon National Park.M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Environmental Science, University of Buea.
3. Monono A.N. (2010). Sustainable management and utilization of Empty Fruit Bunches and Palm Oil Mill Effluent, through composting at the Cameroon Development Corporation. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, University of Buea.
4. Kazeem N.E. (2010). Soil contamination by garage waste along the Mount Cameroon slope and the effect on spent engine oil on plant emergence and vegetative growth. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, University of Buea.
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Tabi F.O.; Bitondo, D.; Yinda, G.S.; Kengmegnel, S.S.A. and Ngouchemel, M. (2013) Effect of long-term integrated soil fertility management by local farmers on nutrient status of a TypicDystrandept under potato-based cropping system. International Research Journal of Agricultural Science and Soil Science 3(4): 134-140. http://interesjournals.org/IRJAS/Pdf/2013/April/Tabi%20et%20al.pdf
2. Tabi, F.O.; Ngobesing, E.S.C.; Yinda, G.S.; Boukong, A.; Omoko, M.; Bitondo, D. and MvondoZe, A.D. (2013) Soil fertility capability classification (FCC) for rice production in Cameroon lowlands. African Journal of Agricultural Research.8(119): 1650-1660. http://www.academicjournals.org/AJAR
3. Yinda, G.S.; Monono, A.N. and Tabi, F.O. (2012) Sustainable management and utilization of empty fruit bunches and palm oil mill effluents through composting at the Cameroon Development Corporation. IRCAB Journal of Science and Technology 2(1): 43-59
4. Fonge, B.A.; Egbe, E.A.; Fongod, A.N.; Tening, A.S.; Achu, R.M.; Yinda, G.S. and MvondoZe, A. (2012) Effects of land use on macrophyte communities and water quality in the Ndop wetland plain, Cameroon. Journal of Agriculture and Social Science 12: 41-49
5. Ayonghe, S.N.; Nkwatoh, A.F.; Fantong, W.; Yinda, G.S.; Linonge, O.; Obenn, F.T.; Takha, E.; Awambenng, D. Njamsi, A.; Mbah, D. and Saidou (2012) Elaboration of a strategy to integrate training and adaptation to climate change within the educational system of Cameroon. Project Report No 00072824 MINEP/UNDP Yaoundé, Cameroon.
SUMMARY
Yinda Godwin Sendze is a Lecturer of Soil Science with specialty in Soil Fertility and Fertilization, Land use, Soil Pollution and Solid Waste Management.
He has developed a special interest for waste management problems as they affect soil fertility and crops grown on polluted soils.
This interest has culminated in a collaborative work with researchers from the University of Cottbus, Germany, in the Partnerships for Sustainable Solutions with Sub-Saharan Africa, German Government project.This project deals with the development of a pilot research waste management plant set up at the University of Buea for separating co-mingled solid waste from the Buea Council,composting organic wastes, and producing cooking gas from pyrolysis of plastic wastes.
He had earlier carried out composting trials of empty fruit bunches (EFBs) of palms at the CDC plantation oil mills in Idenau. This study demonstrated to CDC the possibility of composting EFBs for use as organic fertilizer, instead of letting them become an environmental problem.
He is presently studying quantifiable Carbon sequestration, as organic carbon, found in the soils on the Mt Cameroon area under various land use patterns. This study might become very useful to the country in negotiations for REED+.
