Hendrik Smith started his career in 1993 as soil scientist at the South African Agricultural Research Council (ARC). Since 1997 he was involved in several Conservation Agriculture (CA) projects in the ARC for almost 15 years, primarily working among smallholders in SA. In 2006 he completed his PhD in Sustainable Agriculture, University of Free State, in which he developed a model to research and adapt CA with farmers. From 2006 to 2012 he was programme manager at the ARC. Since 2013 he was appointed as the CA Facilitator for The Maize Trust with the responsibility to research and develop regenerative conservation agriculture systems among commercial and smallholder grain producers through several farmer-centred projects across the summer rainfall region of South Africa. https://www.linkedin.com/in/hendrik-smith-883100a0?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BkLUlUKEeTfGdPp69xJGZQg%3D%3D This programme is funded by The Maize Trust, and currently implemented under ASSET Research https://assetresearch.org.za/conservation-agriculture/.