
Miss Ikgopoleng Daisy Thamae
I am Motswana woman aged 56 years, currently employed by the Department of Crop Production in the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security as a Principal Agricultural Scientific Officer. I have Bachelor of Science Degree in Soil Science from New Mexico State University, USA. I also have Diploma in General Agriculture from Botswana College of Agriculture. I also obtained a one-year Certificate in Environmental Science and Technology from the International Institute of Hydraulic Engineering (IHE) Delft, Netherlands. During the almost 33 years of service, I worked for 4 years as the extension officer, 25 years as Head of Land Husbandry Section at various agricultural regions, and 2 years as Assistant Project Coordinator and 2 years as Project Coordinator under IFAD funded project. I have attended several short courses such as Integrating Conservation into the Farming System, GIS Applications for Agriculture, Natural Resources and EIA. Project Management and Evaluation