CALA Governance – IAC
CALA Independent Advisory Committee
AGRA has formed the Centre’s inaugural Independent Advisory Committee (IAC) to provide high level, strategic advice on CALA’s curriculum offerings, and champion CALA’s efforts in the sector. The IAC supports CALA’s development into a Centre for Excellence in leadership development for Africa’s agriculture sector.
Consisting of a wide-range of distinguished leaders across African agriculture, committee members bring deep, practical experience in various aspects of agriculture advisory and delivery. As a complement to the work of CALA’s implementing partners, CALA’s IAC will provide the following value to the Centre’s operations:
- Provide independent thought leadership to inform the responsiveness, relevance and timeliness of offerings to sector leaders’ implementation challenges
- Inform the learning ethos and evolution of CALA
- Advocate for CALA’s work supporting Agriculture sector leaders across Africa
Dr. Jemimah Njuki
Director for Africa, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Alice Ruhweza
Africa Region Director, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Prof. Anthony Whitbread
Principal Scientist and team lead for Sustainable Intensifcation, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Jonathan Said
Director of Sector Practices Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Professor Eric Y. Danquah, PhD (Cantab)
Professor of Plant Genetics & Founding Director West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana
Prof. Richard M. Mkandawire
Africa Director, Alliance for African Partnership (AAP)
Dr. Apollos Nwafor
Vice President, Policy and State Capability
Bongiwe Njobe
Executive Director (founder and sole proprietor) of ZA NAC Consulting and Investments