Development Desk Equips Staff on Sustainable Agricultural Practices
By Gibson Ngwira As a way of improving annual agricultural productivity and reducing cost of production for farmers to get profit from their produce in the target areas of Lupembe, Misuku, Chisenga and Mwamkumbwa EPAs, the Development Desk of the...
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Yields from Crops Grown Using SAPs Excite Small Scale Farmers in Chitipa District
By Elijah Banda The Development Desk of Karonga Diocese is promoting Sustainable Agricultural Practices (SAPs) among small scale farmers in order to increase crop production under Integrated Rural Development Project. [caption id="attachment_955" align="alignnone" width="758"] Figure 1 Maize stand grown using...
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Farmers under Karonga and Chitipa IRDP Start Producing Manure in Preparation for 2018-19 Farming Season
By Elijah Banda Malawi is ranked among one of the poorest countries with about 53% of population living below the poverty line. The major source of livelihood is agriculture through direct employment, particularly the farming households, and others employed indirectly...
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Development Desk Conducts Preliminary Assessment on the Extent of Flooding in Karonga
By Elijah Banda Introduction Karonga, just like other districts in the Northern Region, has been experiencing heavy rainfall from the 9th of April, 2018. The continuous rainfall has put the people along major rivers such as North Rukulu, Songwe, Kyungu...
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The Development Desk Increases Awareness among Small Scale Farmers in Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
By Franklin Msiska The Development Desk joined the fight against fall army worms and grasshoppers by promoting awareness amongst smallholder farmers in integrated pest management (IPM). The Desk in January used Radio Tuntufye and some of its 94 demonstration plots...
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Communities in Chitipa and Karonga Districts Embark on Afforestation Activities
By Franklin Msiska Communities targeted under Integrated Rural Development Project in Lupembe, Kapoka and Chisenga start planting trees in order to mitigate against the effects of climate change. The project is expected to assist the targeted communities and primary schools’...
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Development Desk Using Demonstration Plots to Scale up Adoption of Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies
By Franklin Msiska (Development Desk Officer) The Development Desk in collaboration with the Government Crops, Land Resource and Extension Departments has mounted 94 demonstrations to increase adoption of Climate Smart Agricultural (CSAs) practices under Karonga Diocese’s Integrated Rural Development Project....
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FEATURE: Development Desk Joins the Fight against Fall Armyworms
By Elijah Banda (Development Desk) Introduction The Development Desk of Karonga Diocese with financial support from MISEREOR is implementing a 3 years livelihood project in Karonga and Chitipa Districts. The project aims at building community resilience to the effects of...
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Development Desk of Karonga Diocese Promoting Climate Smart Agriculture
By Elijah Banda for Development Desk For over a decade Malawi has been experiencing disasters of various degrees, mainly climate related, such as above normal rainfall, prolonged dry spells, pests and diseases, late onset of rains and short rainfall seasons....
Read MoreDevelopment Desk of Karonga Diocese Launches Rural Livelihood Project
By Elijah Banda Climate change, as characterized by dry spell, flooding, short rainfall seasons with erratic patterns, is causing a decline in food production by smallholder farmers. Further, the ever increasing national population is exerting putting pressure on natural resources....
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