These pictures were taken in September 2007, after two years of a generally successful fertiliser and seed subsidy that followed dire food insecurity. Success is never simple nor perfect, though, nor necessarily replicable in other countries by the same means - something to keep in mind during the current push for an African Green Revolution.
Agriculture in Malawi
what it’s all about: ADMARC, a parastatal, and the maize price
how to get anywhere quickly: a diplomatic number plate
buying fertiliser
a local delivery
Miss Daisy and her friend :)
experimental plots of jatropha
hanging out at the research farm
burly burley: a tobacco estate
chillies and maize
see what some extra nitrate does?
talking chillies...
big fat chillies.
storing a bumper maize crop...
...that can earn you a bigger house.
a stop on the drive to Zomba
looking out over a russet dust bowl...
...from a veritable eden.
early morning reading with a view
spectators on the road to Chembe
baobabs in the high street, Chembe
Lake Malawi, before sunrise
Lake Malawi, going out to fish at night
arhhh...
...time to go diving with cichlids.
