Dr. Magadzire brings over 23 years of expertise in agroclimatology, drought monitoring, and food security early warning across Southern Africa. He is the lead developer of GeoWRSI and GeoCLIM, operational tools used by national meteorological services in the SADC region and beyond.
He serves as Regional Scientist for the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) and as a field scientist at the University of California Santa Barbara’s Climate Hazards Center (CHC), supporting climate science and operational early warning across the SADC region.
At RAMP Lab, his research focuses on rainfall onset dynamics, ENSO teleconnections, and the broader climate drivers shaping southern African rainy seasons. Current work includes onset studies validating satellite rainfall estimates against in-situ data, alongside the development of tools that translate meteorological data into actionable information, connecting climate science to policy and development outcomes.
Selected Publications
Magadzire T., Funk C., Ngaina J., Harrison L. (2025).
Leveraging El Niño Forecasts and Attribution to Improve Predictions and Mitigate Impacts in ACP Regions, with a Focus on Southern Africa.
Enhancing Climate Services for Agriculture and Food Security in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (OACPS) · DOI ↗
Hoell A., Magadzire T., McNally A., Eischeid J. (2023).
Multiyear Dry Periods in Southern Africa.
International Journal of Climatology · DOI ↗
Magadzire T., Hoell A., Nakalembe C., Tongwane M. (2022).
Editorial: Recent advances in agrometeorological analysis techniques for crop monitoring in support of food security early warning.
Frontiers in Climate · DOI ↗
Pomposi C., Funk C., Shukla S., Harrison L., Magadzire T. (2018).
Distinguishing southern Africa precipitation response by strength of El Nino events and implications for decision-making.
Environmental Research Letters
Funk C., Davenport F., Harrison L., Magadzire T. (2018).
Anthropogenic Enhancement of Moderate-to-Strong El Niño Events Likely Contributed to Drought and Poor Harvests in Southern Africa During 2016.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Magadzire T., Gideon G., Verdin J.P. (2017).
How climate forecasts strengthen food security.
WMO Bulletin
Hoell A., Funk C., Magadzire T., Zinke J., Husak G. (2015).
El Niño-Southern Oscillation diversity and southern Africa teleconnections during austral summer.
Climate Dynamics
Jayanthi H., Husak G.J., Funk C., Magadzire T. (2014).
A probabilistic approach to assess agricultural drought risk to maize in Southern Africa and millet in Western Sahel using satellite estimated rainfall.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Jayanthi H., Husak G.J., Funk C., Magadzire T., Chavula A., Verdin J.P. (2013).
Modeling rain-fed maize vulnerability to droughts using standardized precipitation index from satellite estimated rainfall - Southern Malawi case study.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction