Themes
Biodiversity conservation
Lake Malawi has a tremendous number of endemic fish species and Malawi as a whole has rich biodiversity in its national parks and protected areas. Several BRACC projects are working with communities to protect biodiversity, which in turn provides healthier ecosystems to support society.
Why invest in resilience?
Policy brief
This policy brief from the BRACC Knowledge and Policy Hub and the Civil Society Network on Climate Change (CISONECC) argues that investing in resilience creates a triple dividend: avoided losses, development and co-benefits.
Malawi Clean Cooking Fund: Applications now open
News
The Malawi Clean Cooking Fund is a $1.1 million dollar performance-based grant fund (PBG) designed to increase the supply of, and demand for alternative cooking energies and fuel-efficient cooking technologies in Malawi, as well as the supply of sustainable wood fuels from well-managed forest resources.
Cash boost to people facing hunger in Malawi
News
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a £4.5 million contribution from the Government of the United Kingdom to provide cash assistance to people facing severe hunger in Malawi.
Future climate projections for Malawi
Issues brief
This brief provides an overview of future climate change in Malawi, using results from the latest available climate model simulations.
Projecting future water availability in Lake Malawi and the Shire River basin
Issues brief
This brief, from the Future Climate for Africa programme, presents likely future levels of water availability in Lake Malawi and the Shire River basin.
Gender, agriculture and climate change in Malawi
Issues brief
Agriculture is essential to the Malawian economy and is a key livelihood activity – but it is vulnerable to climate change.
How to understand and interpret global climate model results
Issues brief
Climate modelling approaches projecting future changes to the Earth’s climate vary widely, generating different types of dataset.
PROSPER newsletter - September 2020
Issues brief
The first issue of the Promoting Sustainable Partnerships for Empowered Resilience (PROSPER) Semi-Annual Newsletter shares some of the key achievements and innovations of our first year of operatio
How Incentive-Based Contract Farming increased the quality and quantity of Kilombero rice
Issues brief
This brief describes how Kaporo Smallholder Farmers Association (KASFA) has used the Incentive Based Contract Farming approach to work with smallholder farmers to increase yields of Kilombero rice, a distinct aromatic rice preferred by Malawians.