Farming, food, and empowerment: The journey of Malawi’s homes industries

In 2016, Victoria Mwafulirwa took her first steps into Malawi's small scale agrifood processing landscape. Her venture, Homes Industries, began almost by accident in the northern district of Karonga. After a lucrative catering contract with a local company ended, Mwafulirwa shifted her focus to prod...

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Autores principales: Chideya, Yohane, Munthali, Justice, Birachi, Eliud, Rubyogo, Jean Claude
Formato: Blog Post
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159379
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description In 2016, Victoria Mwafulirwa took her first steps into Malawi's small scale agrifood processing landscape. Her venture, Homes Industries, began almost by accident in the northern district of Karonga. After a lucrative catering contract with a local company ended, Mwafulirwa shifted her focus to producing groundnut flour, seizing a market opportunity that has since blossomed into a beacon of hope for thousands of smallholder farmers across Malawi's Karonga, Chitipa, and Nkhata Bay districts.
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spelling CGSpace1593792024-11-07T12:50:43Z Farming, food, and empowerment: The journey of Malawi’s homes industries Chideya, Yohane Munthali, Justice Birachi, Eliud Rubyogo, Jean Claude communities of practice empowerment agro-industrial sector-agribusiness In 2016, Victoria Mwafulirwa took her first steps into Malawi's small scale agrifood processing landscape. Her venture, Homes Industries, began almost by accident in the northern district of Karonga. After a lucrative catering contract with a local company ended, Mwafulirwa shifted her focus to producing groundnut flour, seizing a market opportunity that has since blossomed into a beacon of hope for thousands of smallholder farmers across Malawi's Karonga, Chitipa, and Nkhata Bay districts. 2024-11-04 2024-11-07T12:50:42Z 2024-11-07T12:50:42Z Blog Post https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159379 en Open Access Chideya, Y.; Munthali, J.; Birachi, E.; Rubyogo, J.C. (2024) Farming, food, and empowerment: The journey of Malawi’s homes industries. [Blog post] Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). Published online 4 November 2024. URL: https://alliancebioversityciat.org/stories/farming-food-empowerment-journey-malawi-homes-industries
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Munthali, Justice
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Farming, food, and empowerment: The journey of Malawi’s homes industries
title Farming, food, and empowerment: The journey of Malawi’s homes industries
title_full Farming, food, and empowerment: The journey of Malawi’s homes industries
title_fullStr Farming, food, and empowerment: The journey of Malawi’s homes industries
title_full_unstemmed Farming, food, and empowerment: The journey of Malawi’s homes industries
title_short Farming, food, and empowerment: The journey of Malawi’s homes industries
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