Ms Ngotho (nѐѐ Ngcobo), has been active in the agricultural research, extension and development industry for over 20 years, performing different functions at NGO, academia and para-statal agencies. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Sciences; Systems Agriculture from the University of Western Sydney and Masters in Management of Development, Specializing in; Training, Rural Extension and Transformation, from the Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, Wageningen, Netherlands. She is presently the Training Manager at the Agricultural Research Council (ARC); working under the Smallholder Agricultural Development unit.