Empowering Malawi’s rural communities through renewable energy, sustainable agriculture

Project Titles & Institution

1. Developing a Mobile Solar Powered Battery Energy Storage System for Power Backup of Milk Cooling Facilities in Thyolo District – Malawi University of Science and Technology
2. Out scaling of Improved Fish Processing Technologies for Sustainable Fish Value Chain Development, Post-Harvest Loss Reduction and Bridging the Socio-economic Gap among Actors – Monkey Bay Capture Fisheries Research Centre
3. Promoting Small-Scale Cage Aquaculture in Likoma (PROSCAL) – Mzuzu University
4. Functionalization of Black Soldier fly Frass Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), rice husk biochar and coffee ground mixture as sustainable organic fertilizer for improving soil health and agricultural productivity in Malawi – Mzuzu University
5. Alternative Sustainable Renewable Biomass for Tobacco Curing and Clean Cooking in Malawi: An Assessment of Fuel Quality and Performance – Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Areas of Research

• Emerging technologies (Agricultural Biotechnology)

Number of Projects being funded

• 5 projects

Project Duration

• 18 months

Grant Amount

• 4 projects (32M MK) and 1 project (31M MK)

In-Kind Distribution

• None

Council

• National Science and Technology Council (NCST)

Collaboration with other councils

• Zimbabwe