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Lilongwe university of Agriculture and Natural Resources is a university based in Malawi with the vision: "to be a world class University".Its mission is to advance knowledge and produce relevant graduates with entrepreneurship skills for agricultural growth, food security, wealth creation and sustainable natural resources management, through teaching, training, research, outreach consultancy and sound management.

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About Extension Department

The Department offers one BSc, one MSc and one PhD programmes. Whilst taking courses from the department of Extension, our students also take courses from other departments. The vision of the Department is to become a Centre of excellence in training, research outreach and consultancy in agricultural extension and rural development within Malawi and the region

Its mission is to advance and promote knowledge and practical skills in extension and rural development through teaching, research, outreach and consultancies with the aim of promoting agricultural production, rural incomes and ultimately livelihoods improvement for the majority of small holder’s farmers in Malawi and the region.

Why Choose Agriculture Extension?

Feedback from stakeholders on the performance of the alumnus of the unique BSc programme is encouraging. The alumni are reported to have hands on experience, comprehensive social and working skills. Our graduates have ably worked for government, non-governmental organizations and international organizations as middle level managers. Their roles have stretched from project officers to subject matter specialists in various areas. The graduates have taken up MSc/MA trainings with success.

Undergraduate

The Department offers one Undergraduate programme, Bachelor of Science (BSc) in agricultural extension

Graduated & Professional

The Department offers two Postgradate programmes, Masters of Rural Development and Extension and Doctor of Philosophy in Rural Development and Extension

Scholarships & Financial AID

Undergraduate students are admitted under government Scholarship. Mature Entery Students and Postgraduate students are supposed to look for their own funding

Out Reach Activities

Our research and outreach activities are on agricultural extension, land tenure, agricultural innovation systems, agrarian transformation, development policy analysis, cooperatives and associations, food security, poverty and livelihoods, and agricultural markets and marketing plus gender and development and ICTs in development.

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