by Tiwonge Nkosi | Dec 27, 2013 | Projects
Through the Dan Church Aid (DCA) project, Mainstreaming Climate-Smart Agriculture Schemes for Sustainable Local Business Development in Malawi, Kusamala conducted a 3-Day Training of Trainer workshop on Permaculture from the 18th to 20th December. The training, which...
by Tiwonge Nkosi | Dec 18, 2013 | General, Projects
Through the JANEEMO project, Kusamala is constructing a green house. William and Matt have been working really hard to get it done before the end of the year. Right now it is almost done and we are happy to finally have a green house at the centre. It has been very...
by kusamala | Oct 16, 2013 | General, Projects
Written by Austin Dunn In 2012, I spent seven weeks at the Kusamala Institute of Agriculture and Ecology. I was there conducting independent undergraduate research with support from the University of Iowa. During this time, I spoke with government officials,...
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 Tiwonge Nkosi | Jul 30, 2013 | General, Projects
On Friday July 26th, 2013 Catherine and Chisomo went to Dowa, the JANEEMO project area. The main objective of the trip was to distribute seeds and tubes to the clubs that are taking part in the project and to see how the project is progressing. This year the number of...