Promoting empowerment and knowledge through smallholder farmers’ associations in Malawi
The National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi has used its multi-tiered membership structure to build a ‘knowledge chain’, spreading conservation agriculture techniques to more than 37,000 farmers. Combining this effort with support for adult literacy is empowering farmers (particularly women) to both gain and use new knowledge.
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Author: Wycliffe Kumwenda
Other authors: Blessings Botha, Sherry McLean
Organization: National Smallholder Farmer’s Association of Malawi (NASFAM)
Year: 2013
Country/ies: Malawi
Geographical coverage: Africa
Type: Conference paper
Full text available at: http://www.mrfcj.org/pdf/case-studies/2013-04-16-Malawi.pdf
Content language: English