"He has fruit and agroforestry trees growing on his land as well as a medicinal plant garden.
"Fredrick’s latest experiment is with a wormery - he uses soil, grass, eggshells and paper to produce very concentrated manure.
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“Fredrick clearly shows how the sharing on innovations through FAIR’s Sustainable Agriculture network is working. He demonstrates a sprayer he has built following the design of another farmer in Mhuju as well as a mouse trap from Simlemba.
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To read more about farmers like Frederick and case studies in Malawi, click on the links on the left. |
Self Help Africa in Malawi |
Self Help Africa began working in Malawi in the late 1990's - the organisation's Irish arm (formerly Self Help Development International) implementing programmes in the south of the country, and it's UK operation (formerly Harvest Help) in the north.
The organisation is currently engaged in implementing a series of area based programmes, and measures to build capacity at regional level, so that communities can improve their lives and the living standards and conditions of their people. |
