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| Outgoing Board of Directors |
The Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA) has constituted a new board of
directors as part of its governance restructuring process.
CCARDESA was established by SADC Member States to coordinate
the implementation of agricultural research and development (R&D) in the
SADC region. As one of the sub-regional organisations under the FARA umbrella, its the goal is to sustainably reduce food insecurity and poverty in the region as captured
in SADC’s Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP), the Dar es
Salaam declaration on food security, and the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural
Development Programme (CAADP), developed by the African Union’s New Partnership
for Africa’s Development (AU-NEPAD). It operates within the framework of CAADP
Pillar 4 which has the objective of enhancing the livelihoods of African
farmers and pastoralists.
As a one of its constituent Sub-regional organizations,
CCARDESA has leveraged continuous support from the Forum for Agriculturalresearch in Africa (FARA), in the area of institutional governance. In recent
times, FARA has contributed to the restructuring of the CCARDESA Board of
Directors, which is currently in a transition stage.
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| Dr. Catherine Mungoma |
The incumbent board of directors of CCARDESA is in the
process of being replaced by a new one. In this transition phase, about seven members
of the current Board, including the chairperson, Dr. Catherine Mungoma, who has
been rendering commendable service to the southern African entity since 2017,
will be replaced by a new one. Dr. Castro Camadara takes over from Dr. Mungoma
as the new board chairperson.
Dr. Camadara started his work in academia and research at
the Agostinho Neto University, for some 14 years in - Angola; where he was
Professor and Vice-Rector of the University Centre of Huambo and coordinated the
CGIAR-SADC led National Grain Legume Programme. He was a member and founder of
the 1st National Research Council of Angola and also worked as Advisor to the
Minister of Agriculture for more than a year. He is a founding member of ADRA
(an Angolan NGO on Rural Development and Environment). He worked as freelance
consultant for a while, doing consultancy work for EU, World Bank, INGOs,
Government, among others, before joining FAO.
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| Dr. Castro Camadara |
Dr. Castro Camadara was with the FAO for more than seventeen
years as FAO Representative in various countries managing multidisciplinary
teams and large country and regional portfolios covering Agriculture,
Livestock, Fisheries, Forestry, Environment and Rural Development in general .One of his postings with FAO was in Addis Ababa-Ethiopia
where besides being Sub-regional Coordinator for Eastern Africa, in charge of
Coordinating 8 Countries, he also represented FAO at the African Union and
UNECA. He is presently back in Angola and involved in consultancy and
agribusiness.
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