Mrs Danisile Hikwa, RCZ Board Member

Mrs Danisile Hikwa, RCZ Board Member

Qualifications:

  • MSc: Tropical and Sub-Tropical Crop Science, PFU, Moscow.
  • MBA: National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

Current Employment:

  • Secretary, Zimbabwe Land Commission, 1 August 2017 to Present

Work Experience:

  • Principal Director, Department of Research and Specialist Services Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanization and Irrigation Development, 19 November 2010 to 31 July 2017
  • Acting Principal Director, DR&SS, 22 May 2010 to 19 November 2010
  • Director, Division of Crops Research,17 June 2009 to 19 November 2010
  • Acting Director, Division of Crops Research, 15 October 2007 to 17 June 2009
  • Deputy Director, (Cereals, Legumes, Oilseeds, Roots & Tubers Research & Development Group),15 Oct. 2007 to 17 Jun 2009
  • Deputy Director, Technical (Research), 27 Sept. 2004 to 15 Oct. 2007
  • Head of Agronomy Research Institute, 9 June 1993 to 27 Sept. 2004
  • Research Officer/Senior Research Officer/Principal Research Officer, Aug. 1983 to June 1993

Membership to other Boards:

  • 2008 (May) to date: Board Member of the Tobacco Research Board.
  • 2007 (July) to 2008 (Jan): Chairperson of the Crop Production Working Group on the Zimbabwe Agricultural Policy Framework compilation committees.
  • 2007 to 2008: Chairperson of the “Seed, Crop Production and Marketing” sub-committee of the National Agriculture, Lands and Food Security Taskforce.
  • 2006 to 2008: Member of the Multi-institutional Research Council of Zimbabwe’s Agricultural Sciences Standing Committee.  .
  • 2006 to date: Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanization and Irrigation Development’s focal person on the SADC Multi-country Agricultural Productivity Program (SADC MAPP).
  • 2005 to 2010: Chairperson of the National Coordination Unit (NCU) of the Zimbabwe programme on New Seed Initiative for Maize / Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (NSIMA/DTMA) in Southern Africa.
  • 2005 to 2010: Member of the “Work-related Learning Advisory Board” of the Midlands State University.
  • 2005 to 2010: Member of Ministry of Agriculture committee of focal persons on departmental Results-Based Management (RBM).
  • 2004 to 2010: Chairperson of the National Crop Variety Release Panel.
  • 2000 (August) to 2007: Member of the University of Zimbabwe Faculty of Agriculture Curriculum Advisory Committee.