In addition to his work as a consultant, Dr. Philip Kamanda is a Senior Lecturer at the Njala University, Sierra Leone. He currently serves two departments, namely, the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology in the School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, and the Department of Sociology and Social Work in the School of Social Sciences and Law. He lectures various Agricultural Extension and Sociology courses across these departments and schools. He has published several articles and completed numerous research projects in these fields. Additionally, he has attended as well as delivered multiple training sessions and workshops.

He has long-standing experience, knowledge, and skills in agricultural techniques in farmer field school settings as well as the operations and management of agricultural extension agents/officers. He has profound Knowledge and skills in the use of tools/equipment for agricultural production, and in planning and implementing strategies for enhancing farmer adoption of the practices of modern production and harvesting in agriculture. He has also been engaged in a variety of demonstration-based extension services training activities provided to extension officers and farmers on good agricultural practices (GAP) and improved rice technologies by smallholder farmers across districts in Sierra Leone.