BUAN

Associate Professor Cecil Patrick

Associate Professor

Faculty of Agriculture
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering(ABE)

P/Bag 0027, Gaborone Botswana
3650100
cpatrick@buan.ac.bw

Teaching

ELD 216 Tractor and Implement Technology

ELD 010 Workshop Practice

ELB 340 Farm Implement Technology.

ELB 321 Tractor & Implement Technology.

ELB 443 Testing & Evaluation of Agricultural Machinery.

ELB 410 Agricultural Mechanization Management.

ELB 333 Electrical Power

AEL 600 Soil Tillage and Traction

Agricultural Mechanization, Crop production machinery and management.

Water harvesting and tillage systems together with draft power management in semi-arid environments. Conservation Agriculture and related climate smart technologies suited to semi-arid Botswana.

Crop and machinery interactions including machinery testing. Engineering properties of common Botswana grains

MASTET. AFGRI Collaboration and Haskins & Sons Collaboration

Publications

Lucky Sitayelo, Benedict Kayombo, Cecil Patrick and Ednah Kgosiesele (2024). “Eleven-year soil fertility changes in Dinogeng agricultural extension area of Kgatleng District in Botswana”. Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Advances, 2024, 18(03), 130–138.
Samuel Matyanga, Rejoice Tsheko, Anne Clift-Hill and Cecil Patrick (2022). “Assessing the potential of Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) for sustaining small-scale irrigated coffee farming in the Bigasha watershed, Uganda”. World Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology and Sciences, 07(02), 262–274.
Lucky Sitayelo, Benedict Kayombo, Patrick, C. and Ednah Kgosiesele. (2022) "Integrating GIS and Remote Sensing in mapping soil erosion risk using the SLEMSA model: A case study of Dinogeng Agricultural Extension area of Kgatleng District Botswana” World Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology and Sciences (WJAETS). Volume 07(02) PP 001-012. (https://doi.org/10.30574/wjaets.2022.7.2.0111).
Dintwe, R., Patrick, C. and Gaboutloeloe, G.K. (2022) "Effects of common tillage Practices on soil moisture retention within a crop rooting zone in a sandy loam soil” World Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology and Sciences (WJAETS). Volume 5(2) PP 029-033. (https://wjaets.com/sites/default/files/WJAETS-2021-0076.pdf).
Bedi,K., Kayombo, B., Patrick, C. and Gaboutloeloe, G. (2016). “The Influence of Soil Surface Conditions and Rainfall Intensity on Run-off Generation Potential in Semi-Arid Botswana”. International Journal of Plant and Soil Science. Vol 13(1) pp 1-7.
Baipusi, W.J., Kayombo, B. and Patrick, C. (2016). “Evaluating different soil tillage surface conditions on their water harvesting potential in Botswana”. African Journal of Rural Development. Vol. 1(1):2016, pp 91-97.
Mpatane, O., Kayombo, B., Patrick, C., Malope, P. and Tapela, M. (2016). “An assessment of socio-economic potential for Rain-Water Harvesting (RWH) in semi-arid Bobirwa Sub-district of Eastern Botswana”. African Journal of Rural Development. Vol. 1(1):2016, pp 99-106.
Letlhokoanyane, T.C., Chimbombi, E.M., Tapela, M., Patrick, C. and Tsheko, R. (2015). “Status of Agricultural Mechanization in Lesotho”. Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America (AMA). Vol. 46, No. 2 pp 41-46.
Moroke, T.S., Pule-Mulenberg,F, Mzuku, M., Patrick,C. and Kashe,K., (2010). Water Harvesting and Conservation Techniques for Dryland Crop Production in Botswana: A review. Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America (AMA). Vol. 41(3), pp 9-16.
Moroke, T.S., Dikinya, O. and Patrick, C. (2009). “Comparative assessment of water infiltration of soils under different tillage systems in eastern Botswana”. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. Vol. 34, pp 316-323.
Patrick C, Kechavarzi C, James I.T, O’Dogherty M and Godwin R.J. (2007). “Developing reservoir tillage technology for semi-arid environments”. Soil Use and Management. Vol. 23(2), pp 185-191.
Patrick, C.,Mahapatra, A. and Batisani, N. (2000). “A comparative study of threshing qualities of Phofu and other sorghum varieties released in Botswana”. International Agricultural Engineering Journal Vol. 9, No. (3&4): pp 201-207.
Patrick, C. Tapela, M. and Musonda, N.G. (2000). “Effect of Pre-soaking of Sorghum Seeds on the Performance of Two Animal-Drawn Planters”. Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America (AMA) Vol.31, No. 3 pp 31-34.