Dr. Mohamed Matthew Blango

Senior Lecturer · Agricultural Engineering

Njala University

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APID: 12036
ORCID: 0000-0003-3302-5645
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Location: Njala, Southern, Sierra Leone
Expertise: Agricultural Engineer
Areas of interest: irrigation; Water Resources Management; Hydrology
Member since: February 2026

Biography

Dr. Blango holds a PhD degree in Agricultural Engineering and has served as Head, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Njala University. Since 2011, Dr. Blango has been working on extending cropping into the dry season using a micro-dam rainwater harvesting system. He is interested in improving water productivity in irrigated rice. As a staff in the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Dr. Blango continues to teach several courses that include Hydrology, Irrigation & Drainage, Water Harvesting for Agriculture and Land & Water Resources Management.
He has also served as consultant for several Projects supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAFSL). Dr. Blango has published several articles in renowned journals, on themes that include rainwater harvesting, irrigation water management and use of biochar as soil amendment. He has also worked as Principal Investigator for an IAEA sponsored project investigating the effect of a microdam rainwater system on artificial recharge of groundwater. In 2015, Dr. Blango was awarded a Borlaug LEAP grant, through which he was mentored at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the University of Illinois, USA.

Dr. Mohamed Matthew Blango

Biography

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