In a bold move to combat environmental pollution, the Department of Environment and Natural Resource Management (ENRM) at LUANAR on Saturday organized a campus-wide plastic clearing day, reaffirming its commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship. The event, which commenced at 9:00 a.m. at the ENRM Department premises and concluded at noon, drew participation from both staff and students who worked together to collect plastic waste, scrap metals, and other pollutants scattered acr...

The Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), in partnership with AGRA and NBS Bank Plc, has launched the Spark Start-Up Fund—a new loan facility designed to help graduates transform their research-based ideas into viable agribusiness ventures. Unveiled Tuesday evening at the Bingu International Convention Centre in Lilongwe, the initiative is being rolled out under LUANAR’s Africa Centre of Excellence in Transformative Agricultural Commercialisation and Entrepren...

Professor Kaunda made the remarks on Monday at Bunda Campus in Lilongwe during the official opening of the 2025 Alliance for African Partnership (AAP) Consortium Meeting, jointly hosted by LUANAR and Michigan State University (MSU), USA. The three-day meeting, which brought together academic leaders, researchers, and policymakers from across Africa and the United States, aimed to strengthen partnerships in research, education, and innovation. “We must move beyond research that stays on s...

Staff members from three Malawi-based Africa Centers of Excellence are this week attending a regional communication training workshop taking place from 2nd to 6th June 2025 at the Sarova Stanley Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. The workshop is organized by the Regional Facilitation Unit of the Inter University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) and brings together communications focal points from various World Bank-funded ACEs across Eastern and Southern Africa. Participants from Malawi include Dr. Fran...

The Africa Center of Excellence in Agricultural Policy Analysis (APA Centre) and the Africa Center of Excellence in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science (AquaFish Center) at LUANAR proudly announce the successful participation of Mr. Mark Malata (APA Center) and Mr. Yamikani Ngongonda (AquaFish Center) in an intensive 10-day Professional Project Management Training held at Capital Empire Hotel in Sandton City, Johannesburg, South Africa. Organized by the Institute of Corporate Learning (ICL) an...