Fadzayi E Mashiri

Dr. Fadzayi Mashiri is Livestock and Natural Advisor in San Benito, Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties. As the Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor, the goal of her research and outreach is to support land managers and ranchers with evidence-based information and best management practices, to increase economic viability and ecological sustainability. My work has included projects on weed management, impacts of rangeland conversion, ecosystem services payment for working rangelands, fire risk reduction using grazing and prescribed fire and integrated livestock grazing in orchard systems. 

Before joining UC ANR Fadzayi was a Senior Research Specialist at the University of Arizona working on adaptive grazing management to promote sustainable grazing outcomes in desert ecosystems. Before that, she worked in Zimbabwe as a lecturer and chairperson of the department of Livestock and Wildlife Management at the Midlands State University and as a Senior Agricultural Extension Officer for the Agriculture Extension Services.