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However, we are not able to grow enough locally to meet the needs of the hungry, so thanks to the kindness of many of our friends in the UK and beyond, we’ve bought in over 10 tonnes of maize at best price, to be stored for distribution later in the year, as the predictable cycle of hunger accelerates.
Some of the sacks of maize stored to feed the vulnerable later in the year.
Last November, with the rains, we planted 20 Community Agri-Gardens working in partnership with the Village Heads. They donated land for the season, and gathered groups of volunteers to prepare, plant and weed the fields. All the produce was designated for the vulnerable from their villages.
In an attempt to break away from local dependence on exorbitantly-priced fertilizer, we chose to grow sorghum, which, like maize, can be milled into flour and made into nsima - the local staple diet. We double-planted with pigeon peas for extra nutrition and to fix nitrates back into the soil.
In an attempt to break away from local dependence on exorbitantly-
Water Lily bulbs - what many Malawians were reduced to eating during the hunger season earlier this year. About the size of chestnuts, people dive into the Shire River to collect these, among equally hungry crocodiles.....
We actively promote manure production
to improve soil consistency and value.
to improve soil consistency and value.
