Governance of GART

Governance of GART

GART is Governed by an independent Board of Trustees drawn from a broad constituency. The Trust Deed of GART stipulates that the Dean, UNZA Sch of Agric, A Representative from the ZNFU, The Director of Agriculture and Director of the Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI), representatives from  Seed Producers Association, Financial Institutions, and an International Research Institution, shall be GART Trustees.

The First Board of GART trustees was made up of:

Mr Mulele Russel Mulele               Director of Agriculture

                                                            Ministry of Agriculture Food and Fisheries

Dr Kalaluka Munyinda                  Assistant Director of Agriculture (Research)

Mr Benedict Kapita                        President, Zambia National Farmers Union

Mr Aubrey Landless                       Chairman, Zambia National Farmers Union

Mr Bary Coxe                                  Chairman, Zambia Seed Producers Association

Dr Vernon Chinene                       Dean, School of Agricultural Sciences

                                                            University of Zambia

Mr Graham Barnhurst                   Senior Partner, KPMG Peat Marwick

Dr Lewis Mughogho                      Executive Director

                                                            ICRISAT

                                                            Consultative Group on International

                                                            Agricultural Research