{"id":50,"date":"2023-04-24T11:34:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T11:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/victoria-balaka\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2026-01-26T14:01:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:01:54","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/victoria-balaka\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"889\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/victoria-balaka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2023\/06\/headshot-889x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-148\" style=\"width:159px;height:183px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/victoria-balaka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2023\/06\/headshot-889x1024.jpg 889w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/victoria-balaka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2023\/06\/headshot-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/victoria-balaka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2023\/06\/headshot-768x885.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/victoria-balaka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2023\/06\/headshot-1333x1536.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/victoria-balaka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2023\/06\/headshot-1778x2048.jpg 1778w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/victoria-balaka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2023\/06\/headshot-624x719.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/victoria-balaka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2023\/06\/headshot.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 889px) 100vw, 889px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Career Background<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is Victoria Balaka Sitima I am a dedicated professional with passion for agriculture and climate change. I hold a Masters in Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security from the University of Galway and a  BSc in Agriculture (Horticulture) from LUANAR. I have extensive work experience as an Agriculture Officer for Malawi Government with 7 years experience in providing extension services to Farmers.I am currently based in Lilongwe district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Career Background My name is Victoria Balaka Sitima I am a dedicated professional with passion for agriculture and climate change. I hold a Masters in Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/victoria-balaka\/about\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/victoria-balaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/victoria-balaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/victoria-balaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/victoria-balaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/victoria-balaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/victoria-balaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/victoria-balaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/victoria-balaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}