My friend Dr. Grace Kaudzu on: Why women should have a prominent role in Malawi’s agriculture future
Grace Kaudzu and I were in the same year at St. Mary's Secondary School back in our day. I must say she was really quite but loud with her exam marks! Our school had the 'bad habit' of posting everybody's end of term marks in a secured notice board! So we pretty much new who was what. Anyhow, Grace went on to study agriculture all the way to PhD level. In this article that first appeared on a USAID website, she talks about why women should have a prominent role in Malawi's agriculture. Some very impressive stuff really. According to Dr. Grace Kaudzu, Team Leader for the Seed Certification and Quality Control for the Ministry of Agriculture’s Seed Services Unit (SSU), the answer is simple. “Women are the ones who put food on the table every day. They also represent 40 percent of Malawi’s farming community and are willing to grow neglected crops that men ignore. When it comes to agriculture, women should not just be sitting at the family table, but be a heard voice...