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...
Is there a future in crop residues as a source of biomass to feed livestock?
In the context of small land holdings in Malawi, would the use of crop by-products and residues hold the key to sustainable livestock production?...
Combating malnutrition, one chicken at a time: The one-child-one-chicken rule?
“How about a one-child-one-chicken rule?” One of the women farmers breaks the contemplative silence during a field training on rural...
Butcher men of Balaka cut to the heart of the problem in goat markets
The butcher men of Balaka in southern Malawi are a group of rough-and-ready men, often considered shrewd and unscrupulous, and almost always...
Gross margin analysis: Choosing more profitable agricultural enterprises
At the end of a training for farmers in Gross Margin Analysis, the chairperson of the Thobola Women’s Club stood up, looked around and said: “For...
