OUR FELLOWS
Sibusisiwe Caroline Kamanga graduated as one of the top students in her undergraduate forestry class at Mzuzu University in Malawi, where she cultivated her enthusiasm for environmental science and its potential to improve people’s lives. “I became really interested when we did social forestry, working with communities that are situated at the edge of the forest,” she says. During her studies, Kamanga was chosen to attend a six-month class on European forestry at Kymenlaakson Ammattikorkeakoulu, University of Applied Sciences in Finland. Her visit to the Arctic inspired her to further pursue agroforestry, particularly the use of trees as fertilizer for farmers who cannot afford commercial products.
I became really interested when we did social forestry, working with communities that are situated at the edge of the forest,” she says. During her studies, Kamanga was chosen to attend a six-month class on European forestry at Kymenlaakson Ammattikorkeakoulu, University of Applied Sciences in Finland.
Field of Research
Effects of fertilizer application on soil properties, striga density, and maize yield.
Fellows Stories
Talking Sustainable Agriculture
Date: April 26, 2016
Mphangera Kamanga of Malawi, a 2015 AWARD Fellow, seized the opportunity to attend a conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The conference titled, ‘Sustainable Agriculture and Global Food Security,’ was organized by The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM) in collaboration with Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir and University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India. It attracted researchers from over 20 different countries across the world who showcased their research work through oral presentations and posters.