CURRENT POSITION

Professor and Director: Graduate School of Agriculture and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, South Africa Interim Chairperson: Agricultural Research Council (ARC), South Africa

QUALIFICATIONS

BSc Agric*(1982)

BSc Agric (Hons)*

(1983) MSc Agric*

(1984) PhD

(1986) Hons B (Business & Administration)(1992)

*Degrees awarded cum laude

APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS & COMMITTEES

Member: Technikon and HBU Research Capacity Building Programme - National Research Foundation. Former Council member: South African Society for Animal Science Council Member: Witwatersrand Agricultural Society (1988-present)

Member, design team for Rural restructuring in South Africa. World Bank, September 1996.

Member: Task team for development of a Human Resource Development Strategy for agricultural sector, South Africa. (Appointed by Minister of Agriculture, September 1999).

Member: Curriculum development network for Rural Development - SADC.

Reference panel member: SACCAR's Five-year Strategic Plan 2000-2004, Gaborone, Botswana.

Member Masterplan Development, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Cuamba, Catholic University of Mozambique.

Member Review Team, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), January 2000.

Member Technology for Development Review. CSIR South Africa, August 1999.

PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

25 refereed journal publications

30 conference papers (15 international, 5 invited papers)

60 popular-scientific publications

10 reports and monographs

FIELD OF EXPERTISE Rural development management and planning Agricultural education an curriculum development Agricultural research management Institutional strengthening and transformation Tropical livestock production systems Small-scale farming systems approaches

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E-Mail: fswanep@nsper1.up.ac.za

Citizenship: South African

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