Farmer-led Research for Food Security and Nutrition in Malawi
How You Can Help
If you want to support healthy, equitable, environmentally sustainable and socially just agriculture and development activities in Malawi and elsewhere in the Global South, then there are several ways that we feel that you can support the work that we are carrying out in the Soils, Food and Healthy Communities Project.
Buy local, organic food. – Buying local, organic food from smallholder farmers reduces your carbon footprint and thereby reduces the negative impacts that climate change is predicted to have, particularly on Africans. It also supports social justice by providing a reasonable livelihood to local farmers, and has many other environmental, health and social benefits. For more information, visit (websites to follow).
Buy fair-trade products. – Try to ensure that the products you buy from Africa, Latin America and Asia provide a reasonable wage to farmers. For more information, visit: (websites to follow).
Reduce your carbon footprint. – There are a host of ways to reduce your household or individual carbon emissions. Walk or bicycle more, drive less. Reduce air conditioning, the use of your dryer and air travel. See: http://carbonfund.org/reduce
Ask your government to reduce their carbon emissions. – Industrialized countries such as Canada and the United States have very high per-capita emissions, and have benefited from their carbon emissions. We need to put pressure on our governments to take responsibility for this global problem.
Join or donate to a socially and environmentally responsible development organization or social movement. – There are many such organizations, we are just one of them! Do research to find out what organization best reflects your values.
Continue to be aware of climate change and its effects. In Malawi and much of southern Africa, we are already seeing the effects of climate change in the form of less predictable rainfall, a varying climate, and increased drought and flooding. The implications for the health and food security of small farmers are very serious, and climate change will have a huge impact on the entire world if it is allowed to continue at predicted rates. Luckily, it is preventable, with a dedicated global commitment. For information on the most recent research and developments on climate change, see: the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change at http://ipcc.ch
Lizzie Shumba joined SFHC in 2003 and since then has contributed much to our efforts and to the success of SFHC. The Agroecology and Livelihood Collaborative (ALC) from the University of Vermont conducted an interview with Lizzie to… Read More
The SFHC team and the communities we work with play a crucial role in helping us reach our goals of promoting sustainability, health, and equity, so we love to share the voices of the wonderful people that make… Read More
Exciting news: new research from our SFHC team has just been published! This research is centered around examining crop diversity and its effect on food security and women’s diet quality through an intervention in Malawi. As always, we… Read More
We are proud to share new research from our team within the last year! Both works come from our FARMS for Biodiversity Project, and they include a research approach to transdisciplinary agroecology and an assessment of local views… Read More
How You Can Help
If you want to support healthy, equitable, environmentally sustainable and socially just agriculture and development activities in Malawi and elsewhere in the Global South, then there are several ways that we feel that you can support the work that we are carrying out in the Soils, Food and Healthy Communities Project.
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An interview with SFHC’s Lizzie Shumba!
October 20, 2022
By Nicole Velecela
Lizzie Shumba joined SFHC in 2003 and since then has contributed much to our efforts and to the success of SFHC. The Agroecology and Livelihood Collaborative (ALC) from the University of Vermont conducted an interview with Lizzie to… Read More
Take a look into SFHC’s work!
October 20, 2022
By Nicole Velecela
The SFHC team and the communities we work with play a crucial role in helping us reach our goals of promoting sustainability, health, and equity, so we love to share the voices of the wonderful people that make… Read More
New Research Paper: Sept. 2022
September 28, 2022
By Nicole Velecela
Exciting news: new research from our SFHC team has just been published! This research is centered around examining crop diversity and its effect on food security and women’s diet quality through an intervention in Malawi. As always, we… Read More
2 New Research Papers: 2022
September 23, 2022
By Nicole Velecela
We are proud to share new research from our team within the last year! Both works come from our FARMS for Biodiversity Project, and they include a research approach to transdisciplinary agroecology and an assessment of local views… Read More