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Farmer-Led Agroecological Research for Biodiversity Conservation in Malawi (FARMS4Biodiversity)

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Author(s):

Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong, PhD

Publications:

Nyantakyi-Frimpong, H. Hickey, C., Lupafya, E., Dakishoni, L., Bezner Kerr, R., Luginaah, I. and Mangani, K. (2017) “A Farmer-to-Farmer Agroecological Approach to Addressing Food Security in Malawi.”
In Anderson, C., Buchanan, C., Chang, M., Rodriguez, J.S. and Wakeford, T. (Eds.).
Everyday Experts: How People’s Knowledge Can Transform the Food System (pp. 121-136). Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, United Kingdom.

Nyantakyi-Frimpong, H., Mambulu, F. N., Bezner Kerr, R., Luginaah, I. and Lupafya, E. (2016). “Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems: Participatory Research to Improve Food Security in Northern Malawi.” Social Science and Medicine 164, 89-99.

Nyantakyi-Frimpong, H., Kangmennaang, J., Bezner Kerr, R., Luginaah, I., Dakishoni, L. and Lupafya, E. (2017). “Agroecology and Healthy Food Systems in Semi-Humid Tropical Africa: Participatory Research with Vulnerable Households in Malawi.” Acta Tropica 175, 42-49.

Research Interest:

Human-Environment Interaction

This project is examining biodiversity conservation and improved food security under climate and land-use change in northern Malawi. It involves Malawian farmers and an interdisciplinary group of scholars from Canada, Germany, Norway, and the United States. DU’s specific involvement includes examining how micro-level social processes interact with macro-level forces to influence agroecological innovations and farming systems resilience. Fieldwork involves the use of surveys, focus groups, community discussions, Multi-Actor Platforms (MAP), and a content analysis of Malawian agricultural policy documents.

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