Incorporating indigenous knowledge into agriculture systems in Malawi

This book is about farming systems in Malawi. It depicts farmers' production of knowledge through experimentation and observations to generate best practices, based on local knowledge, that ensure food security, improved livelihoods and a 'fuller' life. It also demonstrates the complexity of interactions, contestations and negotiations at farm level of indigenous and western scientific knowledge in the production of farmers' farming practices.

Autorentext

PhD in Geography (University of Glasgow, U.K.), MSc in Environmental Science (Greenwich University, U.K.), BSc in Agriculture (University of Malawi, Malawi), BSc in Environmental Science (Hogeschool, Netherlands). He has wide experience as an expert in development and environment. He is currently a lecturer at Bunda College of Agriculture.

Klappentext

This book is about farming systems in Malawi. It depicts farmers'' production of knowledge through experimentation and observations to generate best practices, based on local knowledge, that ensure food security, improved livelihoods and a ''fuller'' life. It also demonstrates the complexity of interactions, contestations and negotiations at farm level of indigenous and western scientific knowledge in the production of farmers'' farming practices.