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by kusamala | Mar 21, 2013 | General, Trainings
Permaculture can take many forms, from simple garden layouts to sophisticated agro-forestry systems. This design malleability was on full display at Kusamala last week, where members of Kawale village, Kuoma village, Lilongwe Wildlife Center, and Kusamala interns...
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by Tiwonge Nkosi | Mar 1, 2013 | General, Projects
Kusamala will soon begin the second year of the JANEEMO project which is being implemented in Dowa district, north of Lilongwe. The project aims at improving household food security, income generation and environmental stewardship. Having gone through the first year...
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by kusamala | Feb 25, 2013 | General
In Malawi, studies estimate that nutrient loss from soil erosion has resulted in a 4 to 25% loss in agricultural yields. Using a conservative estimate, this translates to a loss of approximately MK7.5 billion per year, or 1.6% of Malawi’s GDP. These models further...
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by kusamala | Feb 15, 2013 | General
Wendell Berry never fails to make farming eloquent, while still reminding us that everyone is a part of the food system: eater and growers. Maize, cassava, soya, groundnuts, pigeon pea, pumpkin, sweet potato and shell beans! All of these crops are thriving in our...
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by kusamala | Jan 22, 2013 | General
When I left Malawi on July 4th 2011, I cried all the way to the airport…and for several months afterwards. Fear and uncertainty were the root cause of those tears. Uncertainty and fear for the permaculture centre staff and land, for Malawi as a nation with an...
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by kusamala | Dec 31, 2012 | General
Well, the rains have come and along with it comes the farmer’s worst enemy: weeds. So many weeds. Because the field was left fallow last year all the weeds had a free for all and seeded and reseeded themselves like crazy. The worst culprit is the sedge. Not only...
