Addressing poverty in Malawi through social entrepreneurship: an analysis of mango fruit farming in Chipampha Village, Lilongwe, Malawi

Maguire, Richard Henry (2021) Addressing poverty in Malawi through social entrepreneurship: an analysis of mango fruit farming in Chipampha Village, Lilongwe, Malawi. Masters thesis, Northern Arizona University.

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Abstract

Malawi is a landlocked country located in the southeastern part of Africa with a tropical climate. The primary employment of the country is agriculture, which is dependent on rain-fed crops. However, the country also has tropical fruits such as mangoes that offer alternative food sources. Even though mango fruits are abundant, they are hardly regarded as commercial fruits that can help smallholder farmers in rural communities to escape poverty. This research aimed to examine why a small population of smallholder farmers hardly practice Mango farming. It also assessed how mango fruit farming could benefit the farmers socially and economically through social entrepreneurship. Individual interviews, focus group meetings, and short surveys were employed with smallholder farmers to collect data on their perspectives about Mango fruit farming and a social enterprise.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Publisher’s Statement:	© Copyright is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the Cline Library, Northern Arizona University. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.
Keywords:	Poverty; smallholder farmer; Social Entrepreneurship; Sustainability; Malawi; Mango cultivation;
Subjects:	S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
NAU Depositing Author Academic Status:	Student
Department/Unit:	Graduate College > Theses and Dissertations College of Social and Behavioral Science > Sustainable Communities
Date Deposited:	03 Mar 2022 18:49
Last Modified:	03 Mar 2022 18:49
URI:	https://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/5793

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