Participatory Video and CSA in Practice
For the past 5 months, our Climate Smart Agriculture community coordinators have been working with farmers in Dowa district; teaching them sustainable techniques to increase agricultural production whilst at the same time mitigating and adapting to climate change. How...
Kusamala Can’t Be Missed
Long overdue, Kusamala finally has a sign to match our name! Last week we said goodbye to the old faded sign that simply read: "Nature's Gift Permaculture" and welcomed our new, bigger, brighter sign that much more clearly identifies the organization and the Centre....
Kusamala’s Latest Additions: Buns & Chou Chou
Contributed by Daniel Schlupp At the start of this month, I bought two local rabbits from our lead trainer extraordinaire, Luwayo Biswick. Eponyms of legendary Youtube personalities, Buns and Chou Chou dutifully munch on just about anything they're fed. That includes...
Simple Soil Testing at Kusamala
(Written by Daniel Schlupp) What would MacGyver do with a wire hanger, 15” of 10-gauge high tensile wire, and 11cm of 6” PVC pipe? If he was following the Northern Rivers Soil Health Card, then he'd be testing his garden's soil for the qualitative indicators...
Farmer’s Adoption of CSA technologies in Nsanje, Thyolo and Mzimba
Kusamala continues to provide advisory services to partner organizations and farmers under the DCA project. This project is mainly about mainstreaming climate smart agriculture into solar irrigation technology. Farmers are being trained in agroecology techniques and...
The Power of Video
If the old adage is true, that a picture is worth a thousand words, then our new short film about Kusamala must be worth millions. Good news! This will be a very short blog post indeed. All kidding aside, we are thrilled to have such a powerful tool to use, to share...
