The first priority of the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG) is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by 2015. Malawi is one of Africa’s chronic hunger hotspots. Over the past ten years, several agricultural reforms and food security Initiatives have been undertaken by the government, Including: liberalized market reform, food reserves during years of hunger, the targeted input programme (TIP), promotion of organic manure, small scale Irrigation schemes, and currently, the Targeted Fertilizer Subsidy Programme (TFSP) is underway.
Publication year
2004
Authors
Akinnifesi, F.K.; Kwesiga, F.R.; Makumba W I
Language
English
Keywords
agroforestry, fallow systems, nitrogen fixing trees, soil fertility
