BUAN

Dr Thebeetsile Scott Moroke

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Agriculture
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (CSS)

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

Dr Moroke is a Senior Lecture in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences. He has a total of over 30 years of teaching and doing research in the field of Soil and Water Management courses at BUAN and the Department of Agricultural Research in Ministry of Agriculture. where is participated in research involving soil tillage, soil fertility evaluation and soil testing. Dr Moroke has supervised graduate and undergraduate research projects. He has worked in collaboration projects involving the Ministry of Agriculture and/or local and international institutions

Introduction to Soil Science,
Soil Science,
Soil-plant Relation,
Soil Physics,
Soil Genesis Morphology and Classification,
Plant Nutrition
Soil and water management

1. Development and adoption of climate resilient cereal farming systems across Botswana’s landscapes. Ministry of Communication, Knowledge and Technology, Government of Botswana.

2. Evaluation of rice varieties for adaptation to different agroecological regions in Botswana. BUAN and African Agriculture Pty Ltd.

3. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Technical Cooperation Programme, Project No. BOT5007: Using isotopic nuclear and other conventional techniques to support the development of improved soil and water management techniques to increase crop production.

4. Water Use Efficiency and Grain Quality of Crops Under Water Deficit Conditions: Task ID: SASSCAL Task 308.

5. Botswana Ecohealth project: an ecohealth approach to flood recession (molapo) farming to reduceclimate change vulnerability in Okavango Delta, Botswana.

6. Botswana-Japan Jatropha Research Project (BoJJaRP), an Information-based optimization of jatropha biomass energy production in frost and drought-prone regions of Botswana, which was intended to assist the country to diversify energy supply (2011-2016). Collaboration between Japan International Cooperation (JICA), Energy Affairs Division (EAD) in the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources (MMEWR) / Department of Agricultural Research (DAR) in the Ministry of Agriculture / University of Botswana (UB).

7. Watermelon biology and biotechnology and distribution plant types (seed, cooking, fresh and wild types) in semiarid climate of Botswana. Collaboration project between Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), National University Corporation, Nara-ken, Japan and Department of Agricultural Research, MoA.

8. Soil mapping and advisory services project of Botswana (FAO/BOT/85/011). Soil physical determinations and laboratory management, soil data analysis for soil mapping purposes by FAO/UNDP and Division of Land Utilization of MoA.

9. National tillage, fertilizer and water conservation trials project. Collaboration project between International Sorghum and Millet. (INTSORMIL)/USDAID and Department ofAgricultural Research (DAR).

10. Control of Cynodon Dactylon using tillage and herbicides in smallholder farms in Southeastern Botswana Collaboration project between Overseas Development Agency (ODA), UK and Department of Agric Research, MoA.

11. Influence of sowing date and environmental factors on the developmentand yield of bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea

1. Adaptation of upland rice varieties in Botswana

2. Advancing circular bioeconomy in cropping systems of Botswana.

3. Evaluating organic fertilizers for improving soil health and crop yield.

PUBLICATIONS

Suh, C.N., R. Tsheko. B. Kayombo and T.S. Moroke. (2023). Analysis of land cover land use change in the greater Gaborone area of South Eastern Botswana. Acta Ecologica Sinica 43(6):1080-1089.
Suh, C.N., R. Tsheko. B. Kayombo and T.S. Moroke. (2022). Variation of soil organic carbon across different land covers and land uses in greater Gaborone region of Botswana. World Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology and Sciences 7(2):97-112.
K. Kashe, D. Ketumile, P. Kristiansen, C. Mahilo and T.S. Moroke. (2020). Evaluation of pre-emergence herbicides for weed control in maize. Welwitschia International Journal of Agricultural Sciences (WIJAS) 2:5-19.
Mashungwa, G.N., T.S. Moroke, Kgosiesele, E. and Kashe, K. (2019). Grain legume production and their potential for sustainable agriculture in Botswana between 2008 and 2015 – A review. Botswana Journal of Agriculture and Applied Sciences 13 (Issue 1 – Special): 80–90.
Kashe, K., O. Mogobe, T.S. Moroke, M. Murray-Hudson. (2015). Evaluation of maize yield in flood recession farming in Okavango Delta. African Journal of Agricultural Research 10 : 1874-1879.
Moroke, T.S., R.C. Schwartz, K.W. Brown, and A.S.R. Juo. (2011). Water use efficiency of cowpea, sorghum and sunflower under reduced tillage. Soil & Tillage Research 112: 76-84.
Moroke, T.S., F. Pule-Meulenberg, M. Mzuku, C. Patrick and K. Kashe. (2010). Water harvesting and conservation techniques for dryland crop production in Botswana: A Review. AMA 41:9-16.
Moroke, T.S., T. Mpuisang and A. Sesay. (2010). Comparison of field and laboratory measured upper limit of plant available water of Haplic Lixisol in southeastern Botswana. Bots. J. Agric. and Applied Sci. 6(1): 73-80.A. Sesay, T. Mpuisang, T.S. Moroke, I. Al-Shareef, H.J. Chepete and B. Moseki. (2010). Preliminary assessment of bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranean L.) landraces for temperature and water stress tolerance under field conditions in Botswana. S. Afr. Soil and Plant 27(4): 312-321.
Moroke, T.S., O. Dikinya, C. Patrick. (2009). Comparative assessment of water infiltration of soils under different tillage systems in eastern Botswana. Chemistry and Physics of the Earth J. 34: 316-323.
Moroke, T.S., R.C. Schwartz, K.W. Brown, and A.S.R. Juo. (2005). Soil water depletion and root distribution of three dryland crops. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 69:197-205