Lindiwe Sibanda

Lindiwe Majele Sibanda is an animal scientist and a practicing farmer with extensive experience, serving as a policy advisor to numerous African governments and global institutions. She is Professor, Director and Chair of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence in Food Systems at the University of Pretoria. She is also the co-Chair of the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA). She sits on the CGIAR System Board as well as all the Boards of constituent Centers of One CGIAR, is an Advisory Board Member of Infinite Foods, Board Member of WorldVeg, Associate Fellow at Chatham House, and member of Champions 12.3, accelerating progress on UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 12.3, halving global per capita food was