Litha Magingxa

President and Chief Executive Officer, Agricultural Research Council

Litha Magingxa is President and Chief Executive Officer of Agricultural Research Council.

The Agricultural Research Council is a state science council that does research, technology development and technology transfer for South African agriculture. Under Magingxa it has registered about 30 cultivars over five years and its first two South African hemp cultivars.

In the job

  1. The ARC registered two hemp cultivars, the first South African ones, and said it had registered close to 30 cultivars in five years. Source

Career before

  1. to 2018Group Executive: Agri-Economics and Capacity Building, Agricultural Research Council
  2. 2018-2022Executive Manager: Agricultural Economics and Advisory, Land Bank

Education

PhD in Agricultural Economics, University of the Free State

Sources

  1. arc.agric.za
  2. arc.agric.za
  3. foodformzansi.co.za
  4. sharedata.co.za

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