Ben Cousins holds a DST/NRF Research Chair in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape (www.plaas.org.za). He has worked in agricultural training and extension in Swaziland and Zimbabwe and carried out research on rural social dynamics and land reform in Zimbabwe (1986-1991) and South Africa (1991-2010).

Profile: http://www.plaas.org.za/staff-directory/bcousins