Board of Directors

Dr. Godfrey Moses Chapola is the Managing Director of RUMARK, The Rural Market Development Trust, a Malawian organization working to improve smallholder farmers’ yields and incomes by facilitating the availability and affordability of agro inputs through the development of rural agrodealers. Dr. Chapola has extensive experience with agriculture in Malawi, having previously worked for the Agricultureal Research and External Trust (ARET), Tobacco Research Institute of Malawi (TRIM) and the Tobacco Research Authority among others. Mr. Chapola holds a PhD in Agriculture, Master of Science in Agriculture and Bachelor’s in Biology.
Email:  gchapola@rumark.org

Atusaye Bright Mwalwanda is an independent consultant. He previously worked with both public and private Organizations in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia coordinating development projects mainly in Agriculture and Natural resources management. He worked for the International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) as a scaling up technical lead in SADC region for five years during which he was mainly responsible for supervising field officers, designing and delivering training and technical backstopping in best bet soil fertility technologies for smallholder farmers. He holds a Masters in soil science and currently pursuing Doctorate of philosophy in project management.
Email; abmwalwanda@gmail.com