Mariam Kadzamira
Climate Change Officer, CTA
At CTA since April 2017
Biography
Mariam Kadzamira is an agricultural economist working as a Climate Change Officer at CTA. She has worked extensively in research and in rural and community development in Southern Africa. Her experience spans work in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania, Ethiopia and South Africa with government, farmer organisations, the CGIAR and the private sector.
Articles
Weather-based index insurance: a climate-smart agricultural solution for smallholder farmers
by Oluyede Ajayi and Mariam Kadzamira
Dr Oluyede Ajayi and Mariam Kadzamira, explain how CTA has been bundling weather-based index insurance with other services to increase the resilience of 140,000 smallholder households in Southern Africa to climatic changes.
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Seed fairs: an innovative climate-smart practice to obtain stress-tolerant seeds
by Kolawole Odubote , Joyce Mulila-Mitti , Oluyede Ajayi and Mariam Kadzamira
A major concern for smallholder farmers at the start of each season is to choose and source seeds, and with the advent of climate change, this is more critical than ever. As part of a CTA-led initiative to help farmers counter drought and other extreme weather events, seed fairs are being organised in Zambia to improve access to quality seed of stress tolerant maize varieties for smallholder farmers.
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Climate-smart community seed banks conserve and share essential farm biodiversity resources
by Wycliffe Kumwenda , Mariam Kadzamira and Catherine Mungai
Community seed banks offer a sustainable way to improve access to high-value seeds, creating viable community-based businesses and maintaining biodiversity. In addition, community seed banks contribute to farmer adaptation. They also indirectly enhance household income diversification, community seed systems, and gender outcomes at community level.
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Publications
events
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Oct 2
Promoting climate finance for agriculture in East & Southern Africa
CTA in collaboration with NEPAD and FANRPAN organises a regional workshop bringing together countries in East and Southern Africa and other relevant stakeholders to discuss cross-country issues and lessons learnt in increasing finance to support climate action for agriculture, pa… -
Oct 2
COP25
The UN Climate Change Conference COP 25 takes place under the Presidency of the Government of Chile and is held with logistical support from the Government of Spain.
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Oct 2
Project review and cross-country learning on climate-smart agriculture
The regional project to scale-up climate-smart agriculture (CSA) solutions in southern Africa is implemented by CTA in collaboration with a consortium of partners in southern Africa. The field implementation has been taking place in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe to improve the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change, with a reach targeting 140,000 farmers. …
