Baltazar Namwata is an Associate Professor of Development Planning, Agricultural Education, and Extension in the Department of Community Development and Gender at Moshi Co-operative University (MoCU).  Namwata holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the University of Dodoma, UDOM (2013); a Master of Science in Agricultural Education and Extension (2004), and a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture General (2001) both from the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). Namwata has extensive teaching experience in many courses in the areas of urban and rural development planning, approaches to rural development; social science research methods;  environmental communication and education; rural sociology and sociology of development; participatory development planning, design, monitoring and evaluation; social development planning; consulting and negotiation skills; project concept note and proposal writing skills; project planning and management; strategic planning and management; gender and development.  Namwata has a wealth of research experience and expertise in various areas of urban agriculture; agricultural and commodity value chains; street begging and begging livelihoods; adoption and impacts of agricultural innovations; decentralization by devolution and service delivery; climate change mitigation and adaptation; gender and development; productivity of the agroforestry systems and household income; community development; agro-pastoralism livelihoods; cooperative development and management; and vulnerability and analysis. Namwata has published more than 60 journal papers, chapters in books, and other academic publications in both national and international spaces.

Namwata is a creative and enthusiastic person with a diverse range of consultancy experience in areas of agricultural and commodity value chains; agricultural and co-operative management; agricultural education and extension; Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) and Integrated Water Resources Management; training, coaching, and mentorship; planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of development programmes/projects; strategic planning, programming, and thinking; result based management, outcome mapping, and logical framework approach; relationship management; business planning and management; entrepreneurship development; personal growth and development; strategic leadership and governance; strategic and visionary leadership; organizational development; climate change crisis and policy responses (mitigation, adaptation, and disaster risk reduction) to climate change; environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA); use of digitalized data collection tools such as Ordinary Data Kit (ODK), Kobo Collect, SurveyCTO, CommCare, and Survey Solution; gender equality, vulnerability, and livelihood issues; and capacity needs assessment. Namwata has been involved in more than 140 consulting assignments involving local government authorities (LGAs), Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), national and international organizations.

Research and consultancy experience: agricultural and commodity value chains; strategic development planning and management; urban farming; agricultural education and extension approaches; climate change adaptation, and mitigation; gender equality and social inclusion (GESI); capacity needs assessment; Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) and Integrated Water Resources Management; resilience, livelihood, disability, and vulnerability analysis; adoption and impact studies; baseline, monitoring, and evaluation; community and resource mobilization; stakeholders engagement and mapping.