Ginethon Mhamphi is a Senior Agricultural officer at Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture. He is working on researches in rodent control and zoonotic diseases. He is actively involved in research on leptospirosis, plague and toxoplasmosis diseases especially in studies which contributed to control of plague in endemic areas of Tanzania. He participates in outreach activities to promote public awareness of problems caused by rodents socioeconomically and to public heralth.

Mr. Mhamphi is completing an MSc. Study on public health and food safety at Sokoine University of Agriculture. His MSc work focused on fertility control in rodents especially the major African rodent pest spcies Mastomy natalensis. The findings shows significant reduction in fertility in rodents indicating potential use of fertility control agents apart from rodenticides to control rodents in houses and farms to reduce crop lossess and disease transmissions to humans.