Lecturer/Researcher: Agrometeorology :2016 - Present
PhD- Agrometeorology (2021)
Master of Science. Agric (Agrometeorology)(2014)
BSc. Agric. Honors Agrometeorology (2011)
BSc Agric. Agricultural Economics and Natural Agricultural Resources(2010) All at UFS
BSc Applied Science (2008)(Virginia Poly-technique Institute (USA).
Dr Tharaga worked professional work at ABSA as an Agrometeorologist in 2011, South African Weather Service as a Senior Scientist from 2012 - 2015.
Dr Tharaga Left Weather Service and joined CSIR in May 2015 then in January 2016 he returned to the University of Free State as a Lecturer in Agrometeorology.
Dr Tharaga has presented most of his work in different countries from 2008 onward.
Tharaga, P. C., Tesfuhuney, W. A., Coetzer, G. M., & Savage, M. J. (2023). Heat pulse velocity method for determining water requirements in rainfed sweet cherry trees (Prunus avium L.). Frontiers in Horticulture, 2, 1155862. https://doi.org/10.3389/fhort.2023.1155862
Tharaga, P. C. "Sweet cherry yield, fruit quality and water productivity under rainfed conditions in eastern Free State." In IV All Africa Horticultural Congress-AAHC2021: Transformative Innovations in Horticulture 1348, pp. 105-110. 2021.
Tharaga, P.C., Steyn, A.S. and Coetzer, G.M., 2021. Climate Change Impacts on Temperature and Chill Unit Trends for Apple (Malus domestica) Production in Ceres, South Africa. Atmosphere, 12(6), p.740.
Tharaga, P.C., Tesfuhuney, W. and Coetzer, G.M., Savage, M.J., 2019, October. Transpiration rates of rain-fed sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) using sap flow under warm temperate conditions. In XI International Workshop on Sap Flow 1300 (pp. 1-6).
Tharaga, P.C., Tesfuhuney, W., Coetzer, G.M. and Savage, M.J., 2019, June. Evapotranspiration of a rain-fed sweet cherry orchard in Eastern Free State, South Africa. In IX International Symposium on Irrigation of Horticultural Crops 1335 (pp. 119-126).
Tharaga, P.C., Steyn, A.S. and Coetzer, G.M., 2014, August. Impacts of climate change on accumulated chill units at selected fruit production sites in South Africa. InXXIX International Horticultural Congress on Horticulture: Sustaining Lives, Livelihoods and Landscapes (IHC2014): 1130 (pp. 63-70).