Rosebud Violet Kurwijila, of

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

, is the

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's Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture. She previously had been Program Development Coordinator for ACTIONAID in Tanzania.

Biography

She holds a bachelor's degree in agriculture from

Sokoine University of Agriculture Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) is a public university in Morogoro, Tanzania, specializing in agriculture. The university is named after the country's second prime minister Edward Sokoine. Introduction Sokoine University of Agriculture ...

, Tanzania (1976), Master's degree in Agricultural Economics from the

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(1983) as well as a Master of Philosophy in Development Economics from the

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(1994). During her career, she has served on many occasions as consultant in various areas related to Agriculture, Rural Economy and Food Security. From 1995 – 1997, she was a senior consultant in a consultancy firm where she dealt with projects acquisition and projects execution. She has published a wide range of articles in international journals on food security, rural economy, agricultural technology and other related issues. Her areas of competence include programme management, policy formulation and personnel management. She has four sons. Her husband, Professor Lusato Kurwijila, passed away in Morogoro, Tanzania on 8 August 2021.

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