{"id":2768,"date":"2020-03-11T17:20:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T17:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/?p=2768"},"modified":"2020-03-11T17:20:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T17:20:30","slug":"elderly-woman-celebrates-new-high-yielding-bean-variety-nua-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/elderly-woman-celebrates-new-high-yielding-bean-variety-nua-45\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly Woman Celebrates New High Yielding Bean Variety (NUA 45)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Jimmy Mgamba<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace Mkandawire\nof Hanania Village aged 64 is an old woman living with her husband Steven Usipa\naged 69. God blessed them with 4 children and 5 grand children (M3, F6) and\ntheir 3 daughters were married but returned home, to live with them, when their\nmarriages failed. Both hail from the same village, Hanania, Traditional Authority\nKachulu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace Kandawire\nand Steven Usipa are participants in (Access plus) A+ Project which started in\nOctober, 2019 and fall under a criterion of elderly people. The couple is among\nelderly families living in Hanania Village. Grace and her husband depend on\nfarming for their own and livelihood of their daughters and five grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In spite of\ntheir old age, Grace and Steven attended almost all training sessions organized\nby the project. In that way, the project assisted them with 2 kilograms of new\nvariety of beans, known as NUA 45, which they planted in December, 2019. Grace intercropped\nthe beans with maize and planted on an acre of land. The family grows other\ncrops such as Cassava, Sweet potatoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace Mkandawire thanks the project for coming with such initiative of supporting farmers with certified seeds which have approved already high yield. This was the first time for the family to grow high yield variety of beans which matures in 60 days. From the 2 kilograms of NUA beans she planted, Grace expects to get between 80 and 120 kilogrammes of beans. The family plans to plant more beans during winter cropping for food and commercial purposes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"NUA-45-beans-hanged-to-dry\"
NUA-45-beans-hanged-to-dry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRelish will not\nbe a challenge any more this year since we will have lots of beans,\u201d said\ngrace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A+ Project,\nunder the Development Desk of the Diocese of Karonga, gives hope to more families,\nlike that of Grace Mkandawire, who have seen the goodness of planting certified\nseed and follow instructions from field officers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project\nprocured NUA 45 bean seed to support such old vulnerable families who are also\nkeeping grand children and orphans in their homes. Grace actively participates\nin all the interventions being implemented in the area by the Diocese of\nKaronga, namely; irrigation, livestock pass on, village saving and loans (VSL) and\nConservation Agriculture (CA) just to mention a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace Mkandawire\nhails A+ Project for applying this approach, known as Strength Based Approach\nwhich really will change the mindset of their fellow farmers in the community\nwho fix their mind on handouts unlike putting their energy and efforts on crop\nproduction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steven Usipa,\nthe husband to Grace, also belongs to a group called Tiwonge Village Savings\nand Loan group which has 26 members (5 males and 26 females). The grouping was\nestablished by the A+ Project in March, 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Karonga\nDiocese \u2013 development desk with funding from Caritas Australia is implementing\na 3 year A+ project within Traditional Authority Kachulu and Mwalweni in\nNchenachena Extension Area, Rumphi District.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Jimmy Mgamba Grace Mkandawire of Hanania Village aged 64 is an old woman living with her husband Steven Usipa aged 69. God blessed them with 4 children and 5 grand children (M3, F6) and their 3 daughters were married but returned home, to live with them, when their marriages failed. Both hail from the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":10,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}