Global Agricultural and Food Marketing in a Global Context: Advancing Policy, Management, and Innovation

Aluwani Maiwashe-Tagwi is a Senior Lecturer at the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences under the Department of Agriculture and Animal Health, University of South Africa. Her field of research includes agricultural marketing, cooperatives, land reform, and agricultural trade. For the past 10 years, she has worked as an Agricultural Economist, Teaching assistant, Lecturer, and senior lecturer. Her current research area is bioenergy in the agricultural sector.(bc79c536-5492-41e3-ac29-9275cb049e1b) Ailweli Solomon Mawela is an Associate Professor and Acting Head of Teaching and Learning at the College of Education, University of South Africa. Have obtained Doctor of Education in Didactics under college of Education. Research niche areas includes: Environmental education; Curriculum and Instructional studies; Open Distance E-Learning and Assessment in Education. Author of IGI scholarly book chapters titled "Investigating roles of school management teams in curriculum delivery.".(faf8aaef-ed5a-400b-a8bb-9e5df2f8169a) Phineas Khazamula Chauke is a seasoned researcher and author of books who served as a school headmaster before joining the University of Venda (Univen) as lecturer in 2002. He obtained a PhD Agric) at Univen in 2006 specializing in Agricultural Policy. Both his Masters and PhD degrees focused on land reform topics, especially as regards its impact on the disenfranchised over the many years of implementing apartheid legislation especially the Natives Land Act No 27 of 1913 and other associated policies. He recently (2021) published a book entitled: "Unpacking the impact of land dispossession for effective land restitution research in South Africa". His phenomenal career rise saw him achieving not only a PhD degree but also assuming the position of Head of Department: Agricultural Economics - at Univen where he served for 18 years before assuming research fellowship with the University of South Africa (Unisa) in 2021. He has supervised not less than 30 students, including more than 5 PhDs in agricultural policy, rural development, cooperatives and marketing. He also produced not less than 20 research reports for the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights.(44cf5282-72e8-4333-a7b3-e285810e2b24)