Research and Outreach

Skills for employment: Scaling up Technical and Vocational Education Training in Africa.

Project description

This applied research project aims at improving overall quality, relevancy and inclusiveness of TVET to meet the dynamic labor market and entrepreneurial needs. The anticipation is that this will enhance the employability of the working age population besides their ability to identify and sustainably execute entrepreneurial opportunities. The project is being implemented in Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Uganda

Participants

Daimon Kambewa, Mirriam Matita, Loveness Mgalamadzi, Mayamiko Kakwera, Masautso Chimombo

Donor

IDRC

Crops for Healthy Diets: Linking Agriculture and Nutrition .

Project description

The project aims at improving food and nutrition security through increased agricultural and dietary diversity. In the quarter, researchers have developed a research protocol and collected data

Participants

Charles M. Masangano, Paul Fatch

Donor

German Government

Best-Bets III project: Up scaling Best Fit Maize-Legume Technologies through Multi Environment Trials and Farmer Research Networks in Malawi

Project description

The project aims to improve food security and nutrition through edible legumes research. The project is being implemented in Ntcheu, Kasungu and Mzimba

Participants

Daimon Kambewa, Frank Tchuwa, Daniso Mkweu

Donor

McKnight Foundation

Sustainable Agriculture Intensification Research and Learning in Africa (SAIRLA)

Project description

The project is facilitating research and social learning to generate new evidence and decision making tools to assist policy makers and investors to support women, youth and poorer smallholder farmers

Participants

Daimon Kambewa

Donor

DFID

Animal traction project

Project description

The project aims at increasing maize yield through use of animal traction. Animal Science Department at LUANAR leads in the implementation of the project. The project is facilitating research and social learning to generate new evidence and decision making tools to assist policy makers and investors to support women, youth and poorer smallholder farmers

Participants

Mayamiko Kakwera

Donor

GOM & World Bank

Ducks-Rice Integration project

Project description

The project aims at increasing rice yields and is led by Animal Science Department at LUANAR

Participants

Mayamiko Kakwera

Donor

GOM & World Bank

Mainstreaming child and forced labour in Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) academic programmes.

Project description

The main objective of the project is to build capacity of students, staff and stakeholders on issues of child and forced labour. Specifically the project aims to:

1. Mainstream issues of child and forced labour in its academic programmes through development of supplementary modules
2. Undertake and promote research on child and forced labour through postgraduate students
3. Build the capacity of faculty members, students and other stakeholders on child labour and forced labour issues.

Participants

Masautso Chimombo

Donor

International Labour Organization (ILO)