Malin Olofsson

Malin Olofsson defended her PhD thesis “Dynamics of agrarian change at a commodity frontier: Differentiation and accumulation trajectories amongst smallholder tree-crop farmers in South Africa” in 2023 at the University of Amsterdam. Her research focused on the emerging political and social dynamics of expanding tree-crops commodification amongst smallholders in Venda, South Africa. She holds an MA in Agrarian and Environmental Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University. She has over a decade of experience working in the development sector across Africa, primarily in the areas of workers’ rights, smallholder farmers development, certification and small business development. 

Malin Olofsson is a researcher in inSALSA (Increasing Sustainability of Agribiologicals by Living Labs in sub-Saharan Africa). This project aims to enhance the adoption of agricultural biologicals (this refers to living and naturally derived products to enhance crop production and protection) amongst smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa. Through living labs in Kenya and South Africa with a replication lab in Ethiopia, the project brings stakeholders together to learn, test, and innovate in equitable and inclusive ways.