OUR FELLOWS
Madalitso Zelda Chidumu registered immediately when she learned that her university had launched a new Department of Agri-business Management. As a first-year student, she was determined to be among the initial specialists in that sector in Malawi.
Farmers tend to be the price-takers instead of price-makers. The private sector is controlling the value chain.
Field of Research
Most smallholder farmers in Malawi are producing food only on a subsistence level. To move beyond that, to raise the value of their production and increase their incomes, they need to become market oriented.