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Dr Lewis Hove is the Resilience Team Leader for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) southern Africa region, and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He provides leadership and technical policy expertise for the planning, development and implementation of resilience programmes and projects at subregional and country levels. Dr Hove has over 30 years’ experience in designing and implementing agricultural research and development programmes and projects, addressing the challenges faced by smallholder farmers in Southern Africa. He joined FAO in 2009 and has been coordinating FAO support to Member States in the development and implementation of climate smart agriculture programmes, with a special focus on Conservation Agriculture. Before joining FAO, Lewis worked for the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).