Academic Staff
Prof André Jooste
Departmental Chair
Agricultural Economic Policy
Prof Eric Mungatana
Associate Professor
Resource and Environmental Economics and Production Economics
Prof Johann Kirsten
Professor and Director of the Bureau for Economic Research
Institutional Economics
Prof Johan van Rooyen
Extraordinary Professor
Agricultural Development
and Agribusiness
Management
Prof Theo Kleynhans
Emeritus Professor
Natural Resource Economics
Prof Nick Vink
Emeritus Professor
Agricultural Policy
Dr Cecilia Punt
Senior Lecturer
International Trade and
Macroeconomic Modelling
Dr Jan Greyling
Senior Lecturer
Agri-Informatics
Dr Melissa van der Merwe
Senroir Lecturer
Value Chain Analysis and
Management
Dr Willem de Lange
Senior Lecturer
Environmental and Resource
Economics
Dr Willem Hoffmann
Senior Lecturer
Farm Management
Mrs Lulama Traub
Lecturer
International Trade and
Marketing
Support Staff
Ms Elizabeth Von Wechmar
Administrative Officer
Extraordinary Appointments
Prof Colin Thirtle
Extraordinary Professor
Imperial College London
Prof Edward Mabaya
Extraordinary Professor
Imperial College London
Prof Jeff Gow
Extraordinary Professor
University of Southern Queensland
Prof Jenny Piesse
Extraordinary Professor
Bournemouth Business
School
Prof Johan Bruwer
Extraordinary Professor
Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science, Adelaide
Prof Luc D’Haese
Extraordinary Professor
Ghent University
Prof Phil Pardey
Extraordinary Professor
University of Minnesota
Dr Daan Louw
Extraordinary Lecturer
Optimal Agricultural
Business Systems
Dr John Ingram
Extraordinary Lecturer
University of Oxford
Dr Louisa Prause
Humbolt University
Dr Nezar Eldidy
Research Fellow
Sobek (Pty) Ltd
Dr Shephard Mudavanhu
Extraordinary Lecturer
Council for Scientific and
Industrial Research
Mr Wandile Sihlobo
Extraordinary Senior
Lecturer
Agricultural Business
Chamber
Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy
Dr Kandas Cloete
Research Fellow
Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy
Mr Louw Pienaar
Research Fellow
Bureau for Food and
Agricultural Policy
Dr Tracy Davids
Research Fellow
Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy
Dr Wiltrud Durand
Research Fellow
Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy
Dr Marnus Gouse
Research Fellow
Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy
Prof Ferdi Meyer
Extraordinary Professor
Bureau for Food and
Agricultural Policy
Dr Mmatlou Kalaba
Research Fellow
Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy
Dr Divan van der Westhuizen
Research Fellow
Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy
Dr Hester Vermeulen
Research Fellow
Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy
Mrs Marion Delport
Research Fellow
Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy