[1] In the past, Mgonja has served as principal scientist on the improvement of dryland cereals, at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, based in Patancheru, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
[1] Monja served as the country director of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), an organisation that is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation and aims to improve agricultural output and products by supporting local farmers and farm workers.
Can be viewed on the website www.waterforfood.orgapproved proposals Mary Mgonja was Part of a winning team for the project Africa Bio-fortified Sorghum funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Africa Harvest Biotechnology Foundation International led the development of the project in collaboration with scientists each from Pioneer/DuPont, University of Missouri, ICRISAT among others Mary Mgonja has expert skills in Project proposal formulation, submission and soliciting for funds from e.g. the Tanzania Breweries Ltd, International Atomic Energy Agency, Sasakawa Global 2000 and the World Bank, and the Japanese Food Aid Counterpart Fund.
Projects like Sorghum and Millet Improvement Network Coordinator-SMINET for Southern Africa Development Cooperation (SADC) Also a founder and chairperson of the Tanzania Association for Professional Women in Agriculture and Environment (TAPWAE) Mary Mgonja is Research network steering committee member (Maize and Wheat Research Network (MWIRNET) and Eastern and Central Africa Maize and Wheat (ECAMAW) network Also conducted National coordination for research on wheat and barley, Member to the Tanzania national variety release and registration committee