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Millenium Centre for Research and Development (MCRD) is a privately owned business registred under the laws of Malawi in 2005. It opened its doors to the public in January, 2008. The aim of the centre is to contribute to sustainable development at both national and international scale through internationally accepted research and development programmes. Our vision is be a leading consultancy firm in capacity development programmes, environmental related research, povery reduction and community involvement. Currently, the centre has four well qualified partners. The profiles of these partners are:
David Mkwambisi (Environment and Development): A a Lecturer in Environment and Agriculture at Bunda College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi. He is expected to defend his doctorate degree on Environment and Development at University of Leeds (UK) and has a Master’s degree in Environment and Development from University of East Anglia (UK). He has Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture from University of Malawi. His future research interests are on climate change and human migration especially the impact on agriculture. He is among national experts working on the Second Communication on Climate Change in Malawi.
Previously David has worked with ICRISAT, Unilever, Pannar Seed and Monsanto in agriculture research, seed industry, marketing and training. In his free time, David has been involved in several research and development programmes in his native country Malawi working with rural farmers. These projects have been supported by UNICEF, GTZ, DFID, USAID and NORAD among other donors.
His ‘Venn-Prism’ conceptual research framework that was developed as part of his doctoral studies has been recognised by the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), UNDP Special Unit for South-South Cooperation (UNDP-SSC) and Consortium of Science Technology and Innovation in the South (COSTIS) and has been presented in several international workshops as teaching and development tool for sustainability. He h
Dr Franklin Simtowe (Micro-finance)-TBC
Mathews Madola (Economist) -PhD Research Fellow, University of Greenwich)-TBC
Associate Professor Andrew Safalaoh (Livestock Expert)
Contacts:
Lead Partner
PO Box 2142, Lilongwe. Malawi
Phone: 265 9 552 400
Email:mcrdmalawi@gmail.com
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