In a bid to promote diversity and conservation of local crop seeds, Scope Malawi, in partnership with PELUM Malawi, The Development Fund, Centre for Environmental Policy and Advocacy (CEPA), Trocaire, Seed and Knowledge Initiative (SKI) and Brot, hosted the SustainFest festival at Civo Stadium in Lilongwe, bringing together farmers from across the country.
Next week, from October 14-16, Addis Ababa will be hosting the largest Pan-African youth summit on food systems and agroecology.
More than 300 youth will attend the summit in Addis, and you are cordially invited to be part of this unique gathering of young leaders, innovators, and advocates committed to shaping the future of food systems and agroecology across Africa.
Get ready for a food celebration like no other! SustainFest 2024, Malawi's largest sustainable food festival, is set to take over Civo Stadium on Friday, October 11th, 2024.
This highly anticipated event promises an exciting day of, live cooking sessions and tasting, diverse seed stalls and exchanges, Colorful kids' corner with jumping castle and face painting, live music performances by Prince Valamanja and the Diminish Band, captivating dance performances by Kwacha Cultural Troupe and free morning aerobic session
The Participatory Ecology Land Use Management (PELUM) Malawi Chapter has taken a significant step towards initiating the process of consulting stakeholders on the National Agroecology Strategy (NAP) by engaging with officials from the District Agricultural Extension and Coordination Committee (DAECC) under the Blantyre ADD
In a bid to address the pressing issues of food insecurity, climate change, and environmental degradation, the Participatory Ecology Land Use Management (PELUM) Malawi Chapter and Churches Action in Relief and Development (CARD Malawi), recently convened the 2024 National Agroecology Conference in Thyolo district.
The event, held from 12 to 16 August 2024, brought together a diverse gathering of stakeholders including academia, government officials, NGOs, and farmer cooperative representatives under the theme: “The Solution to Climate Change and Economic Crisis”.
In her opening remarks, Gertrude Kambauwa, Director of Land Resource Conservation Department under the ministry of agriculture, described agroecology as an essential tool that can drive systemic change in the Malawi’s fight against food insecurity. However, she noted that the absence of agroecology policy is the greatest challenge limiting the implementation of agroecology projects.
“We have been doing some work especially in our department but due to emerging issues like climate change and others we have had our policy reviewed to incorporate all areas that were not there in the other policy and agroecology will be incorporated without any problems to at least give comfort to stakeholders that are promoting this approach”, she said.