Nutrient composition analysis was conducted for selected locally available plant based feedstuffs from Mpamba area in NkhataBay district of northern Malawi. The objective was to identify and isolate those that can be used ...

Fish is a major source of dietary animal protein to most people in Malawi. One of the most widely accepted and consumed fish species in the country is the Lake Malawi Tilapia locally known as “Chambo”. Fresh fish are ...

A study was conducted to determine effect of sun-drying, smoking and salting on proximate composition of fresh fillets of Rhamphochromis species fish (local name: Mcheni) from Lake Malawi, Malawi. Fresh fillets prepared ...

Shire River is the largest and longest in Malawi supporting many livelihoods. Degradation in the river'scatchment is now a major problem causing excessive siltation in the Nkula Dam which is a terminal sinkfor sediments ...

The experiment to investigate the effects of organic and inorganic fertilizers on primary production and growth of Oreochromis shiranus was conducted in fifteen 3m2 concrete tanks at the Aquaculture Fish Farm, Bunda College, ...

Fish are a nutrient rich food but highly perishable due to its high water activity, protein content, neutral pH and presence of autolytic enzymes. This explains why fresh fish quality deteriorates rapidly if not properly ...

This study was conducted to determine time when freshly caught Lake Malawi tilapia (Chambo) can remain in acceptable and safe condition for consumers. Sensory, microbiological, and proximate composition analyses including ...

A study was carried out to analyse the extent to which diverse species of aquatic weeds that have proliferated in the Shire River in Malawi in recent years affect the generation of electricity at Nkula ...

Bulinus nyassanus, endemic to Lake Malawi, is an intermediate host for Schistosoma haematobium and plays an important role in transmission of this parasite along some shorelines on the Nankumba Peninsula in the southern ...