Initially founded in 2009 as Nature’s Gift Permaculture, the Kusamala Institute of Agriculture & Ecology is an education and demonstration organisation that showcases sustainable solutions towards environment, food and nutrition security in Malawi.
As we say good-bye to the rains, we’d like to take this time to write a special tribute to our favorite, and perhaps most unusual looking, rainy season crops. During his usual tour of the centre, Eston always explains to people how we strive to use all of our resources in permaculture, including vertical space. [...]
At this time of the year, almost every household is busy harvesting. Passing through every house you see piles of maize. It is a happy time of the year. Time to dance and time to celebrate harvest. One interesting thing about Malawi is that this is the time when you begin to hear about weddings [...]
To explore the impacts of our partnership project with Red Soil Project, we will be writing a series of posts featuring stories from our staff members. We will look at how they are implementing permaculture around their homes and how this is impacting their lives. Daniel Chikhawo has been working at Kusamala’s demonstration centre since [...]
Masankho Banda, an international consultant in strategic leadership revealed the power of saying ‘Inde’ (which means ‘Yes’) to Mtendere cooperative during a workshop organized by Kusamala. The workshop was held in a catholic church hall at Kangóma trading centre from the 17th – 18th of April, 2013. Kusamala has been working with Mtendere cooperative since [...]
The entire Kusamala staff, in new uniforms, traveled to Kanenga to visit and tour Bishop Joseph Chawawa’s Permaculture Demonstration Center, Garden of Eden. Estelia, a strong agogo (grandmother) gave us an emphatic tour of how the site provides food as well as income for her and others involved in the center. We began our walk [...]
