Venaani Katjiua is an Agricultural Economist with over 5-years of working experience in Namibia. She is focused on food systems by optimizing production, conducting market research, helping farmers increase production yields by piloting projects, and increasing Namibia’s market intelligence with market research. She is a Business Support Assistant: Food Systems at the World Food Programme Namibia. Her focus is to assist food systems department to increase small holder market systems through digital and innovative approaches. She was also an Admin and Finance Consultant for Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit and has developed relationships for the Chamber of Agriculture Namibia and built long-lasting partnerships with multinational, inter-governmental agencies and development partners and other stakeholders. She has planned events such as the Stakeholder’s Breakfast Engagement and Strategy session for the Chamber of Agriculture Namibia.