Jacob Christopher Nyirongo graduated with a Master of Science Degree in Agronomy in 1999 from Bunda College of Agriculture, a Constituent College of the University of Malawi. He is the Chief Executive Officer for Farmers Union of Malawi. In his recent past he has worked for Farmers Union of Malawi as a Program and Policy Director. He has experience working on agriculture policy and regulatory reforms. He has worked for the Union since 2011. He has been a member of Steering and Technical Committees of various Malawi Government Agriculture Development Projects providing policy and technical oversight. He is a member of the Board for the Greenbelt Authority, a Malawi Government Institution mandated to spearhead large scale irrigation investment in Malawi. He also chairs the Advisory Board for MwAPATA Institute, a local agriculture policy think tank. He has vast experience working on projects related to agriculture value chains development, development of farmer organizations, access to markets and agriculture policy and regulatory reforms. He has worked on projects funded by USAID, World Bank, DFID, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Irish Aid, and We Effect. Before joining Farmers Union of Malawi, he worked for the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT), GIZ, Africa Development Bank funded Rural Income Enhancement Project, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), International Crops Research in Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Christian Aid, Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), and Oxfam.