Bertha Bangara-Chikadza is a macroeconomist, a lecturer in Economics, and Deputy Director of Open and Distance e-Learning (ODeL) at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) in Malawi. Her research interests include the linkages between international trade agriculture and public policy; agricultural products marketing; agricultural value chains; and the synergies between gender, food security, inequality, and poverty alleviation.