Integrating Nutrition Education
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...
William Nkhunga: Tree Nursery & Medicinal Garden Manager
As the centre continues to grow, new opportunities continue to arise. Recently, William Nkhunga joined the team at Kusamala. Reigning from Dowa district, trained in Agriculture and natural resource management at the Natural Resources College (NRC), William joins us as...
Climate-Smart Agriculture in the News
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 interested...
Mustard’s on the Menu!
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...
1st AFRICA Food Security & Adaptation Conference 2013
Kusamala’s Executive Director and Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Molly Cheatum and Chisomo Kamchacha respectively, participated in 1st AFRICA Food Security & Adaptation Conference 2013: Harnessing Ecosystem based Approaches for Food Security and Adaptation...
Kusamala: Utilizing ecosystem based approaches for multiple benefits
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...
