Albert Novas Somanje is a Provincial Senior Field Crops Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Zambia and a PhD Candidate in Sustainability Science at United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS). His work focus is on the implementation of programmes and project in sustainable agriculture and building resilience of farmers to climate change impacts. He has work experience of more than 10 years with the Ministry of Agriculture. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Agriculture from the University of Zambia in 2006. He became a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow in 2010 after completing post-graduate studies in Leadership and Management at the University of California, Davis. He was admitted to the degree of Masters of Science, Specialising in Climate Change and Development in 2015 from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He has saved as Agricultural Officer (2006-2011) in the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative and Senior Agricultural Officer (2011-2015) in the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. He also saved as a Professional Affiliate at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) California State Office in 2010, worked in the Department of Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) with a focus on Management of Watershed Projects.