Dr. Elly Josephat Ligate (PhD)

Elly Josephat Ligate

Senior Lecturer

Telephone ( Office): +255 232 601 363/4

Mobile: +255 764 789 115

E-mail: jligate@sua.ac.tz or ligateelly@yahoo.com

 

Dr. Elly is working as a senior lecturer, researcher, and consultant in the Department of Biosciences of the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro, Tanzania. Ligate holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Ecology from the Fujian Agriculture and Forest University in China. He has a Master of Science in Natural Resources Assessment and Management from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Ligate has a Bachelor of Science from the Sokoine University of Agriculture. He has worked as an academician at higher learning institutions for over 13 years teaching biodiversity conservation, ecology, botany, sustainable agriculture, environmental health and ecosystem restorations, and environmental assessment and management to undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Ligate is also serving as a National Consultant under the Juncao Technology Project funded by the United Nations Department of Social and Economic Affairs (UNDESA) in Tanzania. Ligate has led several teams to assess the biodiversity and potential impacts on habitats of conservation importance during the construction, commissioning, and operation of projects in Tanzania. He has researched, published, and provided consultancy services in areas of (i) biodiversity and ecosystem disturbances and restorations, (ii) environment and climate change, (iii) natural resources management, (iv) management of agro-ecological farming systems, (v) agriculture development, (vi) environmental management, (vii) carbon stocking, (viii) ecosystem services and management, land cover, and use changes and well as coastal forests ecosystem. Dr. Ligate has invested and accumulated experiences in projects that focus on rehabilitation and restoration to conserve degraded ecosystems and water and combatting desertification and sustainable agriculture. He is a champion for JUNCAO Technology to improve sustainable agriculture towards attaining Sustainable Development Goals 2030.

 

Selected publications

Journal articles

  1. Ligate, E. J., & Chen, C. (2019). Evaluation of Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Disturbed and Intact Tropical Coastal Forest Sites in Tanzania. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science, 27(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.9734/IJPSS/2019/v27i130065.
  2. Ligate, E. J., & Chen, C. (2019). Canonical Correlation Analysis across Vegetation and Soil Properties of the Disturbed and Undisturbed Coastal Forest Ecosystems, Advances in Research 18(3), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.9734/AIR/2019/v18i330093.
  3. Fragallah, S., Lin, S., Li, N., Ligate, E. J., & Chen, Y. (2019). Effects of Sucrose, Boric Acid, pH, and Incubation Time on in Vitro Germination of Pollen and Tube Growth of Chinese fir (Cunnighamial lanceolata L.). Forests, 10 (2), 102.
  4. Ligate, E. J., Chen, C. and Wu, C. 2018. Evaluation of Tropical Coastal Land Cover and Land Use Changes and their Impacts on Ecosystem Service Values. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 4(8), 188–204.
  5. Ligate, E. J., Chen, C. and Wu, C. 2018. Investigation of Tropical Coastal Forest Regeneration after Farming, and Livestock Grazing Exclusion. Journal of Forestry Research. Received: 12 July 2017 / Accepted: 6 February 2018 available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-018-0792-5.
  6. Ligate, E. J., Chen, C., and Wu, C. (2017). “The Status of Forest Ecosystem Services and their Management: The Case of Uzigua Forest Reserve in Tanzanian Coastal Forests.” Natural Resources and Conservation, 5 (2): 21–32.
  7. Ligate, E. J., Kitila, M.M, Chen, C. and Wu, C. (2017). “Impacts of Salt Water Intrusion on Maize (Zea mays) and Rice (Oryza sativa) Production under Climate Change Scenarios in Bagamoyo District-Tanzania.” Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, 5 (2): 148–58.
  8. Msola, D., Ligate, E. J., Chen, C. and Wu, C. (2017). “Contribution of Tanzania Southern Highlands Forest Diversity to Household Income and Food Supplements: The Case of Mufindi District in Tanzania.” Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International, 9 (4): 1–12.
  9. Ligate, E. J., Batiho, H.K, Msola, D. (2014) Summer Season Waterfowl Species Diversity at Katavi National Park in Tanzania. TaJONAS: Tanzania Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences, 5 (1): 716-730.
  10. Nyambo, B. and Ligate, E. J. (2013). “Smallholder Information Sources and Communication Pathways for Cashew Production and Marketing in Tanzania: An Ex-Post Study in Tandahimba and Lindi Rural Districts, Southern Tanzania.” The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 19 (1): 73–92.

 

Book Chapters

  1. Ligate, E. J. (2020). Carbon Stocks Potential in Regenerating Trees of the Tropical Coastal Forest Ecosystems. In Kaveh Ostad-Ali-Askari (Ed.), Current Perspectives to Environment and Climate Change (3rd ed., pp. 27–41). London, W1B 3HH, UK: Book Publisher International. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/cpecc/v3
  2. Ligate, E. J., & Chen, C. (2019). Soluble Bases and CEC Variation across Undisturbed and Disturbed Coastal Forests in Tanzania. In A. M. M. Al-Naggar (Ed.), Advances and Trends in Agricultural Sciences (Vol.1, p. 13). London, W1B 3HH, UK: Book Publisher International. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/atias/v1