Nkumbu Nalwimba holds a Ph.D. in Rural Development and Management from China Agricultural University, and researches foreign aid, agricultural investments, farmer input programs, agricultural insurance, agricultural value chains, livelihoods, political economy and land governance.  She works for the Ministry of Agriculture in Zambia in the Department of Agribusiness and Marketing. She was a Research Fellow for the International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IPRCC) from August 2016 to July 2017. Her research articles have been published in The Journal of Peasant Studies; GeoJournal, among other journals.