As leaders across the world gather in Durban to discuss how they can tackle climate change, women farmers at the sharp end of global warming have this message for them. Acknowledgements: Mazgo Gondwe Lena Kent Gogo Aisha Zex Wayison Esther Nyirongo Ana Ali Ireen Samson GVH Mkwinda-Salima Camera: Felix Washon Editor: Prince Donda Producer: Francis ng'ambi Executive Producer: Chandiwira Boniface Chisi
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Alice Kachere, a smallholder farmer from Malawi, talks about the challenges she faces as well as the training she has benefited from.
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www.pioneer.com Title: Seeds of the Future Africa's agricultural sector has the potential to produce enough food to help end Malawi's hunger and address global hunger as well. But Malawian farmers first need a drought-resistant, highly nutritional seed that would produce higher crop yields in difficult farm areas. This documentary takes us through the experience of Zeka Twoboy, a Malawian farmer. DuPont developed a hybrid seed that will work well in the local environment. Together with dedicated third-party distributors, DuPont is bringing Pioneer hybrid seed technology to local farmers, resulting in more nutritious and higher crop yields and improved quality of life. TITLE MALAWI PATRICK KHEMBO MANAGING DIRECTOR, CHEMICALS & MARKETING COMPANY LIMITED Farming in southern Africa is a big challenge. Crop failures are not uncommon. It's tormenting. ZEKA TWOBOY MAIZE FARMER The challenges I face as a farmer include pests and changes in climate. MAIN TITLE SEEDS OF THE FUTURE ZEKA TWOBOY To combat this I was trying out different seeds, and that's when I came across Pioneer seeds and gave them a try. I have a small piece of land and I had a huge harvest. I was so happy. People in my village started accusing me of magic and witchcraft. They were so jealous I began to feel unwelcome. My family encouraged me to go to the town of Blantyre to tell the seed producers about my bumper crop. PATRICK KHEMBO They decided to interview Zeka on the radio. People in the village were able to ...
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farmingfirst.org In May 2009, Farming First interviewed Mr. Idrissa Mwale, Principal Economist at the Ministry of Agriculture in Malawi. Mr. Mwale has coordinated the country's farm subsidy programme, which targets the most needy farming households with subsidised seed and fertilizer. The programme has produced record harvests over the past four years, which have created an export market for Malawi's farmers. Mr. Mwale discusses the next steps for the programme and how other African governments are learning from the agricultural programme as a driver of rural development.
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Around 60-70 trainers, farmers and leaders from other ministries and charities gathered in Blantyre for Foundations for Farming Malawi's second annual Champions conference. Last year's conference had the theme 'the Times of Change' (the title of the Foundations for Farming film made by Johann van der Ham, who heads up Foundations for Farming in Malawi). At this year's conference there was a definite feeling that times are changing and so the teaching centred around God's faithfulness in the face of adversity. Craig Deall, the CEO of Foundations for Farming in Zimbabwe and Darryl Edwards, who manages a Foundations for Farming training centre in Manicaland Zimbabwe, came for the conference. Darryl Edwards taught a session on profitable farming and how to make the most out of the crops that you grow, he also lead a theoretical and practical session on composting. Johann van der Ham and Billy Bray (who helps Johann lead the Foundations for Farming base in Malawi) are also working with Crown Financial Ministries in Malawi and were very blessed to have Crown's Vice President for Africa Andre Stryger and Jan Strydom Vice President for Global Career Development visiting for the Champions conference. Crown Financial Ministries teaches faithfulness and good stewardship of money, business and resources and so their teachings go very well with the teachings of Foundations for Farming. Billy Bray lead a session on God's economy vs man's economy, and Jan Strydom lead a session based on ...
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Kalima no longer worries about how to feed his family thanks to access to ag innovations and more sustainable farming practices.
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We asked farmers in Malawi what they wanted their government to be doing to help them adapt to increasingly difficult growing conditions caused by climate change and what they think governments should be demanding internationally. Acknowledgements: Mazgo Gondwe Lena Kent Gogo Aisha Zex Wayison Esther Nyirongo Ana Ali Ireen Samson GVH Mkwinda-Salima Camera: Felix Washon Editor: Prince Donda Producer: Francis ng'ambi Executive Producer: Chandiwira Boniface Chisi
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A DAPP Malawi Farmers' Club interview; more to come!
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How to grow oyster mushroom as a income generating activity. Course taken at Bunda College (2008), where spores can be purchased (in bottle). Plastic bags can be bought at Polypack. Oyster Mushrooms are very simple to grow. I tried myself at a small scale and succeeded quite well. However... it is a lot of work prepare the bags (cutting, washing, drying and bagging). Then there are seasonal problems: during rainy season it is too wet, during winter it is too cold. Then they are occasional visitors: slugs came to eat mushrooms, and mouses to dig their nest. Pilot projects in two communities surrounding Bunda (including one woman group) were not convincing in respect of sustainability. Mushrooms were rarely available in town.
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Rivendell Hatchery is a fish farm in the eastern cape of South Africa that specializes in the breeding of tropical fish. The species of fish are almost all cichlids from Lake Malawi and Madagascar.
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Howard Msukwa goes into detail about the work involved with rice farming in Malawi www.justtradingscotland.co.uk
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Howard Msukwa a rice farmer from Malawi tells us about his own farming. www.justtradingscotland.co.uk
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Farmers Club project is a Humana People to People program which is focused on empowerng the rural small-scale farmers with improved farming techniques. The innovative appraches to farming are directed at realising environmental conservation, adaptation to morden farming ways combatible with addressing global warming and use of low-cost measures on increasing yield and agro-produce.
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gradschool.marlboro.edu Lauren Koch, Malawi Reforestation and Micro-Enterprise Program Model for Toleza Farms (MBA) Toleza Farms, a socially-driven commercial farming enterprise in Balaka, Malawi, whose mission is to alleviate poverty by developing sustainable entrepreneurial communities, is piloting a reforestation program with local villages to ensure the existence of a sustainable source of firewood. This capstone project expands the opportunity of the reforestation program to include microenterprise development for women in the villages. In unique partnership with Toleza Farms, the women can produce and locally sell several products derived from the reforested trees to supplement household income and improve quality of life. This capstone project analyzes the microenterprise opportunities and provides strategic implementation recommendations for the reforestation and microenterprise program based on a SWOT analysis to support shared value creation.
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An enterprising farmer and community leader, Kamtoseni uses crop protection products to increase yields and boost profits so that he can help improve the standard of living for his village.
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ActionAid Malawi has created a series of reports talking about the impacts of climate change on poor women farmers in Malawi, who are at the frontline of damaging global warming already. Acknowledgements: Mazgo Gondwe Lena Kent Gogo Aisha Zex Wayison Esther Nyirongo Ana Ali Ireen Samson GVH Mkwinda-Salima Camera: Felix Washon Editor: Prince Donda Producer: Francis ng'ambi Executive Producer: Chandiwira Boniface Chisi
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The Millennium Villages Project covers 14 groups of villages in 10 African countries. The aim is to demonstrate how to meet the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations. For five years the villages receive substantial development aid in the areas of nutrition, farming, education, health and infrastructure, totaling $110 per head. Local farmers are given extra training to learn how to irrigate their fields more effectively and secure the harvest.
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Climate change has the made the lot of the poorest even harder. Failed crops due to floods when there shouldn't be any or drought when there should be rain. ActionAid Malawi is working with communities to help them adapt as well as working with governments and the international community to combat the causes of climate change. Acknowledgements: Mazgo Gondwe Lena Kent Gogo Aisha Zex Wayison Esther Nyirongo Ana Ali Ireen Samson GVH Mkwinda-Salima Camera: Felix Washon Editor: Prince Donda Producer: Francis ng'ambi Executive Producer: Chandiwira Boniface Chisi
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Dickson Shuwali has been practising Farming God's Way since 2004. He has become a real standard for Farming God's Way farmers and more recently trainer's to measure themselves against. He is a testimony to the principle of the Word of God which says that if we are faithful with little than He will entrust us with much. www.farming-gods-way.org
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