NAB appoints new CEO
The Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) has announced the appointment of Dr Fidelis Nyambe Mwazi as its newly appointed CEO.
Mwazi takes over the reins from Christof Brock, who is retiring at the age of 65. His appointment is effective from 1 July 2018, and is set for a period of five years. 'Dr Mwazi is no stranger to the agronomic and horticulture industries, he is a strong and visionary leader, highly capable of taking the industry to greater heights, therefore the board is overtly confident that he will contribute exceptionally to the efficient running of the NAB”, said, Michael Iyambo, chair of the NAB board.
Mwazi, who is a professional scientist in crop science and sustainable agriculture, has over 18 years of vast practical work experience in the academic as well as the agronomic and horticulture industry environments.
He obtained his PhD in Agriculture (Crop Science) in 2017 from the University of Namibia. He graduated with an MSc degree in Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (Sustainable Agriculture) from the International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation, the ITC University, Netherlands in 2006.
Prior to his appointment as the NAB's CEO, Mwazi worked as a senior manager for standards and trade at the Agro-Marketing and Trade Agency (AMTA) from February 2015 to June 2018.
AMTA is mandated to implement statutory rules and regulations of the Agronomic Industry Act, Act 20 of 1992 by producers and traders involved in the production and trading of the agronomic and horticultural products countrywide.
Mwazi therefore implemented various compliance programmes for agronomy and horticulture market share promotion, food safety and crop-specific marketing standards, inspections of farms and facilities for compliances to Good Agriculture Practices (GAP) and Hazardous Analytical Critical Control Point (HACCP), border control and inland inspectorate as well as total quality management (TQM) aspects.
He also worked as a national horticulture manager at the NAB from May 2013 to January 2015 and was responsible for implementing the horticulture market share promotion for controlled crops.
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Mwazi takes over the reins from Christof Brock, who is retiring at the age of 65. His appointment is effective from 1 July 2018, and is set for a period of five years. 'Dr Mwazi is no stranger to the agronomic and horticulture industries, he is a strong and visionary leader, highly capable of taking the industry to greater heights, therefore the board is overtly confident that he will contribute exceptionally to the efficient running of the NAB”, said, Michael Iyambo, chair of the NAB board.
Mwazi, who is a professional scientist in crop science and sustainable agriculture, has over 18 years of vast practical work experience in the academic as well as the agronomic and horticulture industry environments.
He obtained his PhD in Agriculture (Crop Science) in 2017 from the University of Namibia. He graduated with an MSc degree in Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (Sustainable Agriculture) from the International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation, the ITC University, Netherlands in 2006.
Prior to his appointment as the NAB's CEO, Mwazi worked as a senior manager for standards and trade at the Agro-Marketing and Trade Agency (AMTA) from February 2015 to June 2018.
AMTA is mandated to implement statutory rules and regulations of the Agronomic Industry Act, Act 20 of 1992 by producers and traders involved in the production and trading of the agronomic and horticultural products countrywide.
Mwazi therefore implemented various compliance programmes for agronomy and horticulture market share promotion, food safety and crop-specific marketing standards, inspections of farms and facilities for compliances to Good Agriculture Practices (GAP) and Hazardous Analytical Critical Control Point (HACCP), border control and inland inspectorate as well as total quality management (TQM) aspects.
He also worked as a national horticulture manager at the NAB from May 2013 to January 2015 and was responsible for implementing the horticulture market share promotion for controlled crops.
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