He is currently a visiting research fellow at IFPRI, where he works with the Training for Capacity Strengthening Program. Temu's main areas of specialization are rural financial institutions; research on and design of credit programs; and appraisal, evaluation, management, monitoring, and impact assessment of rural development projects. He earned a B.Sc. in agriculture from the Sokoine University of Agriculture, an M.Sc. in agricultural economics from Reading University, UK, and a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Wye College, University of London, UK.