Dr Litha Magingxa

Dr Litha Magingxa is the Executive Manager: Agricultural Economics & Advisory and was appointed on 01 October 2017. He holds a PhD (Agricultural Economics); MSc (MAKS); B Agric (Agricultural Economics and Land Use Planning); International Executive Development Programme (Wits Business School in collaboration with Cass Business School (London)); Leadership Programme for Senior Managers; CGIAR Senior Leadership.

Dr Litha Magingxa is an agricultural economist responsible for Land Banks Agricultural Economics and Advisory division. He previously served the Land Bank in its Strategy Division and was instrumental in the development of the organisations various programmes aimed at supporting developing farmers.

Before re-joining Land Bank, Dr Litha served as Group Executive: Agri-Economics and Capacity Development at the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) of South Africa where he oversaw translation of agri-R&D outputs into products and services for the agricultural sector as well as the capacity development programmes in support of the sector, amongst other things. He was the Limpopo Basin Coordinator in the CGIAR Challenge Programme on Water and Food and has spent four years with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) as a Doctoral Research Fellow in the past. He is also a past President of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA) and a former Board member of the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC).