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About the editors ■ Nedson Pophiwa Nedson Pophiwa is a Chief Researcher in the Democracy Governance and Service Delivery (DGSD) Programme at the Human Science Research Council (HSRC). He holds an MA in Forced Migration from the University of the Witwatersrand, and an MA in African Economic History from the University of Zimbabwe. The work that he is presenting on, regarding organic agriculture value chains in Kenya, forms part of his research interests in pro-poor and sustainable forms of agriculture in Africa. ■ Shingirirai Savious Mutanga Shingirirai Savious Mutanga is a Research Specialist in the Science and Technology Programme of the Africa Institute of South Africa. He holds an MSc in Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation for Environmental Modelling and Management from a consortium of four universities, namely Southampton (UK), Lund (Sweden), Warsaw (Poland) and ITC (Netherlands) (under the auspice of the prestigious Erasmus Mundus Scholarship). His undergraduate degree is a BSc Honours in Geography and Environmental Science from Midlands State University in Zimbabwe. His research interests are modelling global environmental issues, with a special focus on: ecosystems transformation; complex social-ecological systems; and applied GIS, remote sensing and systems dynamics. ■ Thokozani Simelane Thokozani Simelane is the acting Director for Research and Head of the Science and Technology Programme at the Africa Institute of South Africa. He holds a PhD in Biodiversity Management. He is a member of the Standing Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property Rights and a Technical Assessor for the South African National Accreditation System x ...

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