The potential of permaculutre in Malawi (on-line)

The Potential of Permaculture

Abigail Conrad, Oral Paper Presentation, Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Merida, Mexico, 2010

Permaculture is a potential solution for the food insecurity and the economic problems faced by smallholder farmers in Central Malawi. This paper discusses the author's ethnographic research, the agricultural practices of smallholder farmers, and their dependence on maize, proposing permaculture as an alternative agricultural strategy.