From 2000 to 2005 he was Deputy Director of Research and Development. Prof. Mazonde’s area of research includes food security, appropriate technology and research management. His research in these areas has been published in international journals. He has travelled widely across southern Africa, Europe and north America, where he has studied Science and Technology arrangements as well as research management operations at universities. At the University of Botswana, the focus of his work is to development strategies for the effective coordination of research and to bring the institution’s research outputs to the attention and use of stakeholders.