Striving for Eggcellence

Striving for Eggcellence

Contributed by Dan Schlupp. Revisiting the Original Objectives for a Chicken Husbandry Demonstration, Part 1 of 3. For this blog post, I’ve dug up an original in-house document generated by current and former staff here at Kusamala. It gives us the context we...
Striving for Eggcellence

Kusamala’s First Gardener’s Course

Last week Kusamala held its first Gardener’s Course participated by three gardeners: Henry Kagwada  from Mngwangwa village traditional authority Chilooko Tchisi district, Lafiosi Mwambe from Kholowa village traditional authority Tsabango Lilongwe district and Lovemore...
Striving for Eggcellence

Integrated Homestead Farming

The usual Malawian diet lacks adequate nutrients due to inadequate knowledge, poor access, and limited availability of diverse foods from all food groups to meet nutritional requirements. This also applies to micronutrients. Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals...
Striving for Eggcellence

Organic Maize Harvest

Contributed by William Nkhunga. We have experienced another bumper organic maize yield at Kusamala for the 2013-2014 growing season. The organic maize was planted on 17th December 2013 with the first soaking rains and before planting the following activities were...
Striving for Eggcellence

Veggie Spotlight: Tree Tomato

This week the veggie spotlight is on the tree tomato. The tree tomato, or tamarrilo, is a subtropical small tree or shrub native to the Peruvian Andes that produces an egg-shaped edible fruit that is sweet and tangy. Like the common tomatoes in your spaghetti sauce,...
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