Dr. José Bofana earned his PhD in Cartography and Geographic Information Systems from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2022. Since then, he has served as Program Coordinator for the Doctorate Program in Agronomy at the Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM), contributing significantly to academic growth and research excellence. His primary research areas include Agricultural Sciences, GIS, Remote Sensing, Crop Monitoring, Land Cover and Land Use Change Dynamics, and agriculture–environment interactions. Dr. Bofana has developed high-resolution cropland maps for Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, supporting agricultural policy and planning. He updated the FAO crop calendar for Mozambique, aiding timely farming activities. An expert with the CropWatch cloud platform, he analyzes crop conditions and assesses agricultural risks in Mozambique and Angola. His work, published in numerous scientific journals, focuses on the impacts of climate and environmental factors on agriculture, advancing the field of sustainable land management.
2016 CAS-TWAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences – The World Academy of Sciences) President's Fellowship
CAS-TWAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences – The World Academy of Sciences)
2015 Outstanding student in the Master in Agriculture Information Management and Precision Farming
The Catholic University of Mozambique, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
Graduate Student or Post Graduate
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
01 Sep 2016 - present
Institute, Department or Faculty Head
The Catholic University of Mozambique, Center for Agricultural and Sustainable Development Research
01 Jul 2014 - 01 Aug 2016
Graduate Student or Post Graduate
The Catholic University of Mozambique, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
01 Mar 2014 - 01 Dec 2015