Farmer-led Research for Food Security and Nutrition in Malawi
Regional farmer exchanges to happen in February
In the upcoming month, the MAFFA project will be holding farmer exchanges within both the north and central regions, as well as between the two areas. Farmers will stay for around one week with their host households, to… Read More
JANUARY: Youth update, Gender training, PM&C evaluation, and new nutrient analysis
We are happy to announce that our second Youth Community Promoter, Cristina Hara, has returned from maternity leave! Cristina is happy to be back at work and looking forward to 2015’s activities. More Objective 4 of MAFFA news:… Read More
Seed distribution to over 4000 households
As of December, SFHC and other partners have completed seed distribution to the 4000 new participating households of the MAFFA (Malawi Farmer-to-Farmer Agroecology) project. This year’s seed included a range of varieties of pigeon pea, groundnut (peanut), bambara… Read More
Sidney Madsen studying MAFFA’s participatory approach
In January, young collaborating researcher Sidney Madsen will be traveling to Malawi to study and evaluate MAFFA’s participatory methods. She will also be working to set up a new participatory system of Monitoring and Evaluation for our project…. Read More
Active Discussion at Climate Change Adaptation Workshop
On March 3, we organized a workshop in Lilongwe, directed at policy makers who have an impact on governmental policy in Malawi. The aim was to share our research findings from the past 15 years, and present seven… Read More
UN Representative highlights project
As part of an 11-day visit to Malawi to assess the food and agricultural security of the country at large, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food visited the MAFFA office in its newest site in… Read More
Lizzie Shumba presents work in Canada
Lizzie Shumba, the project coordinator for SFHC, arrived in Canada May 29 2013, and presented at the Presbyterian Church in Canada’s General Assembly on Friday, May 31. She will be presenting at 6 different churches in Canada as… Read More
Recipe Day in Edundu
In early July, Edundu SFHC participants hosted a Recipe Day for farmers in the surrounding villages. Recipe Days are held as an opportunity for farmers-men and women- to get together to cook and exchange their own recipes, farming… Read More
Promoting residue incorporation
Farmer promoters have been out in the field all week, doing teaching and demonstrating of legume crop residue burial in the new participating villages. The promoters visited all 20 villages, and did teaching on nitrogen fixation, the role… Read More
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Last Updated: June 25, 2015 by Carmen
Dedza Field Day hosts 2500 farmers
On February 25, one of SFHC’s annual Field Days was hosted in the area surrounding Dedza, in the southern region of Malawi. This is a new area for the MAFFA project, and we were delighted with the level… Read More