Wycliffe Kumwenda
Head of Farm Services, NASFAM
Head of Farm Services, NASFAM
Biography
Wycliffe Kumwenda heads the Farm Services (Agronomy and Extension) Unit at the National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi (NASFAM). He links researchers with farmers for participatory research and develops ways of facilitating adoption and outscaling of technologies by smallholder farmers to increase their agricultural productivity.
Articles
Climate-smart community seed banks conserve and share essential farm biodiversity resources
by Wycliffe Kumwenda , Mariam Kadzamira and Catherine Mungai
Community seed banks offer a sustainable way to improve access to high-value seeds, creating viable community-based businesses and maintaining biodiversity. In addition, community seed banks contribute to farmer adaptation. They also indirectly enhance household income diversification, community seed systems, and gender outcomes at community level.
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