by kusamala | Oct 9, 2013 | Projects, Trainings
In Malawi more than 85% of the population consists of rural, predominantly subsistence farmers, nearly 60% of which experience year round food insecurity. While many measures of food security consider only availability of the staple crop, maize, indicators of...
by kusamala | Sep 9, 2013 | Projects
Kusamala’s Climate-Smart Agriculture project made headlines last week after representatives from Kusamala and the Hutton Institute presented the project to the Dowa District Executive Committee (DEC) meeting. The Dowa DEC were excited about the project and...
by kusamala | Sep 5, 2013 | General
As the hot season is rolling in on us, our Memo garden has exploded with produce! Used as a household demonstration and to grow fruits and vegetables for our daily staff lunches, Memo garden is now producing in record amounts. This week, we were able to demonstrate...
by kusamala | Aug 6, 2013 | Events
From August 20-21, the United Nations Environment Programme, in collaboration with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, other UN agencies, governments, and other stakeholders, is hosting the First Africa Food Security Conference in Nairobi, Kenya. This...
by kusamala | Jul 22, 2013 | Events
Last week representatives from Kusamala attended the Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) National Conference on the Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Malawi at the Crossroads Hotel. Over a day and a half, various lecturers, mainly from Bunda College,...