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I am currently the Product Manager for Grain Crops in IITA. I am a holder of a Masters Degrees in Business Administration and Plant Breeding & Seed Systems obtained from the University of Zimbabwe and University of Zambia in 2013 and 2010 respectively and a BSc Honors degree in Agriculture (Crop Science) obtained from the University of Zimbabwe in 2003. I started my career as a Maize Breeder (Research Officer) with the Crop Breeding Institute, under the Department of Research & Specialist Services (DR&SS) in the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture & Rural Resettlement in 2003 after which I joined Agriseeds (Pvt) Ltd., a Zimbabwean private seed company, to establish a Research Department in 2007. Prior to joining IITA, I worked for Seed Co, initially as a Senior Maize Breeder in 2014, then Head of Stapleford Research Centre in 2015, and finally Head of Product Development in 2016.