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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...
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by Tiwonge Nkosi | Jun 10, 2013 | Projects, Trainings
Nkhundi is one of the villages in the area near Kusamala’s Nature’s Gift Permaculture Centre. Like many other villages in the country, people in Nkhundi face problems of water access, erosion, soil infertility, access to input and output markets,...
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by kusamala | Jun 3, 2013 | General, Trainings
Malawi’s average rainfall is 1200 mm per year, all of which falls during the rain season from December to April. This offers a window of opportunity to harvest, store and utilize this rainwater for the rest of the year. Additionally, you may remember that we have a...
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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 kusamala | Mar 15, 2013 | Events, Trainings
For the past two weeks, Kusamala has been up to its eyeballs in Permaculture Designing. Northwest of the centre, in the classroom at the end of the market garden, nine people from the Lilongwe Wildlife Center (LWC) are participating in a Permaculture Design Course led...
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by kusamala | Mar 6, 2013 | Events, Trainings
This past Saturday, Kusamala celebrated the graduation of our apprentices, who chave completed a six-month permaculture training at Kusamala. The apprenticeship program at Kusamala is an important part of Kusamala’s mission to strengthen the capacity and...
