Livestock for food and nutrition security in Malawi: Policy gaps, needs and opportunities
Malawi’s growing population is expected to place an increasing demand on its food production systems but the country’s smallholder farmers, the...
A tale of ‘chicken and egg’: Malawi farmers reduce poultry feed cost by 80%, increase egg production by 200%
Compelled by high cost of commercial feed and low egg production, a group of farmers-turned-entrepreneurs began making nutritious chicken feed...
Auctions in markets herald higher incomes for Malawi’s crop-livestock farmers
Farmers in three districts of Malawi are able to earn more than they did from selling goats, thanks to a simple intervention that brought...
The nexus between agri-food value chains and nutrition
Multi-stakeholder policy dialog in Malawi Malawi has prioritized improving food security for its people through maize-oriented policies and...
Phalula’s meat business is changing and its butchers are heralding it
The meat trade in Malawai’s Phalula is on the cusp of transformation with butchers set to turn businessmen courtesy of a modernized slaughterhouse...
Business meets nutrition as Kuroiler chickens find a place in smallholder farms in Malawi
When the Kuroiler, a dual-purpose chicken breed renowned for its performance under free range village farming systems was introduced in Malawi by...
