I’m a Zimbabwean lady with a Master of Science in Agricultural and Applied Economics, a joint degree program between the University of Pretoria and University of Zimbabwe. In addition, I have more than three years of agricultural research and community development work. During my studies, I specialized in environmental management and natural resources economics where I acquired a strong background in agricultural production economics across different agro-ecosystems and climatic regions.

- Stephen Rudgard is FAO Representative, Lao PDR, where he leads FAO's programme of work in support of agricultural development and food security. Before this post he was the Chief of Knowledge and Capacity for Development at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, where he worked for 14 years. He headed a global team which managed programmes aimed at strengthening capacities of institutions and individuals in developing countries to manage and share information and knowledge, with a major emphasis on e-learning.