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Herman van Schalkwyk is a South African agricultural economist and former Rector of the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University.
Herman van Schalkwyk | |
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| Born | November 11, 1966 |
| Nationality | South African |
| Alma mater | University of Pretoria |
| Occupation(s) | Rector: Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University |
Biography
editVan Schalkwyk started lecturing at the University of Pretoria in 1993 after working at Standard Bank for two years as agricultural economist. He accepted an associate professorship at the University of the Free State in 1996 and two years later was appointed as a full professor and head of the Department of Agricultural Economics. From 2003 to 2010 he served as the dean of the Faculty of Natural and Agriculture Sciences before being appointed as Rector of the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University.
He has delivered more than 90 papers at local conferences and 47 internationally. Prof Van Schalkwyk is the editor and co-author of Unlocking markets to smallholders: The case of South Africa,[1] which was published by the Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands.
Education
editIn 1990 Van Schalkwyk obtained his B.Com. degree at the University of Pretoria (UP), after which he obtained his Honours degree and M.Com. (cum laude). In 1995 he was awarded a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics at UP.
Memberships and honours
editVan Schalkwyk was appointed a member of the National Agriculture Marketing Council by the Minister of Agriculture in 2007, and in 2008 as deputy chairperson of the Board of the Land Bank. He also acted as chairperson of the Board of the Land Bank,[2] for a period of 18 months.
In 2011 he was named National Agriculturalist of the Year of South Africa by Agricultural Writers SA.
References
edit- ^ Herman D. van Schalkwyk; Jan A. Groenewald; Gavin C. G. Fraser; Ajuruchukwu Obi; Aad van Tilburg (10 March 2012). Unlocking Markets to Smallholders: Lessons from South Africa. Springer. ISBN 9789086861682. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Leading the Land Bank towards its centenary in a challenging economic and developmental environment: Address by Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan at the launch of the Land Bank's annual financial results | South African Government". Gov.za. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Prof Herman van Schalkwyk". Nwu.ac.za. Retrieved 17 August 2016.