Against the background of a continued low participation of women in farm decision making processes, Household Approach, the gender-transformative participatory extension, was adopted, adapted, piloted and up-scaled in a ...

Land use and land cover changes (LULCCs) have been increasingly shown to exacerbate water-related problems such as floods and droughts worldwide. Malawi has not been spared such issues despite the reported opportunities ...

The aim of this study was to assess drinking water source quality and human dimensions: a case study of the 2017–2018 cholera outbreak in Karonga, Malawi. The study analysed 120 drinking water samples using standard methods ...

Despite widespread perception that harvested rainwater from rooftop has poor quality, rooftop rainwater harvesting remains an option for ensuring access to safe drinking water. This study assessed factors affecting adoption ...

Effluent from municipal wastewater has recently been one of the major sources of pollution in the environment. This study quantified the selected heavy metals (HM) ((lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As) ...

The global coverage of basic sanitation services is progressing too slowly to achieve universal basic sanitation by 2030, and in one out of seven countries, the use of basic sanitation is decreasing. Progress needs to ...

The study assessed factors that influence farmers‘ adoption of Conservation Agriculture and the challenges that farmers face in implementing Conservation Agriculture in Bolero Extension Planning Area (EPA). Data was collected ...

Low adoption of soil fertility improvement technologies in Malawi and other countries in Sub Saharan Africa is a major concern in the attainment of sustainable food security in the region. This paper examines factors causing ...

The study wanted to understand smallholder farmers’ perceptions of soil fertility levels and climate change and analyzed factors affecting adoption of renewable soil fertility management technologies (RSFMTs), namely ...

This study was conducted in Bolero Extension planning Area in Rumphi district of Malawi during 2014/2015 season to assess adaptive capacity of cattle farmers to climate change. Specifically, to (1) characterize pasture and ...