Mariam A.T.J. Kadzamira is a Malawian researcher with a PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. She is the co-founder of Youth Enterprise Services (YES). In 2020, she joined the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI). Previously she has worked for the EU-ACP Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, Farmers Union of Malawi, LTSI, the International Food Policy Research Institute, the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. Her experiences span research, policy analysis and project management around various themes related to rural and community development and innovation.