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26th January 2018
In Malawi, more than a third of children are stunted, in part due to deficiencies of zinc and other mineral nutrients in the diet. A lack of mineral nutrients, including zinc and selenium, in the diet also increases the risk of infectious diseases. It is against this background that the Lilongwe Uni
22nd January 2018
The Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) has released names of successful candidates to pursue degree programmes offered through Open and Distance Learning (ODL) for both year 1 and mature (year 2) entry. The opening date for the semester is 19th February 2018. Stud
21st January 2018
The Africa Center of Excellence in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science (AquaFish ACE) at LUANAR, in partnership with RUFORUM, earlier this month welcomed visiting professors from Nigeria, Tanzania, Sudan and Kenya. The visit is part of the Aquafish Staff Exchange Program as LUANAR aims to improve Post
20th January 2018
The Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) is pleased to announce its 2018 Research Dissemination Conference to be held from 30th – 31st January 2018 at Bingu International Conventional Centre in Lilongwe. The two-day event will see participants engaging in an open an
18th January 2018
LUANAR’s Agricultural Engineering (AGE) Department and Government of Malawi through its Department of Irrigation in collaboration with Miyagi Prefectural Government and Miyagi University in Japan, are implementing a project called “Irrigation Engineer Capacity Building Project for Sustainably Ut
12th January 2018
The Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), Bunda Campus, was closed on 13th December 2017 following illegal demonstrations by the students on 7th, 8th and the night of 12th December 2017 where students damaged property belonging to the University, staff members and the pu
12th January 2018
The AquaFish Centre of Excellence is hosting ten visiting professors from various universities in Africa. The professors are delivering mini lectures/seminars apart from lecturing postgraduate students in selected LUANAR programmes. An Extension Professor, Olufemi Adesope, of University of Port H
9th January 2018
The Africa Center of Excellence in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science at LUANAR (AquaFish ACE), in partnership with RUFORUM earlier this month welcomed visiting professors from Nigeria, Tanzania, Sudan and Kenya. The visit is part of the Aquafish Staff Exchange Program as LUANAR aims to improve Postg
21st December 2017
The Natural Resources College ladies basketball team, NRC Lady Pythons, have finished on third position and got away with K500,000 in the Mo626 Ice intercollege basketball tournament after beating Chanco Ladies on Saturday, 16th December 2017. The Lady Pythons beat their counterparts by 54 to 25 bas
1st December 2017
LUANAR is pleased to announce the face to face facilitation dates for 1st and 4th Cohorts of Open and Distance Learning program as follows: New students (4th Cohort) : 4th to 19th December, 2017 Continuing students (1st Cohort) : 6th to 19th December, 2017 Venue
24th November 2017
As the world is advancing in communication technology and digital stories are now becoming part of the deal, the Capacity Building for Managing Climate Change in Malawi (CABMACC) at LUANAR doesn’t want to be left out in this massive exodus from the traditional forms of communication to digital sto
24th November 2017
The Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) has commenced the construction of the LUANAR Open and Distance Learning (ODL) centre at area 47 in Lilongwe. ODL at LUANAR is a new mode of delivery of its programmes which removes the barrier of space, distance and time, where
23rd November 2017
The Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) through the Directorate of Research and Outreach and the Capacity Building for Management of Climate Change Programme (CABMACC) has organized a National Research Dissemination Conference to take place at Bingu International Confer
22nd November 2017
Dairy farmers of Dzaonewekha Milk Bulking group in Dedza district are benefiting a lot from the livestock feeding and breeding technologies training they received from CABMACC. The farmer’s expressed their excitement when LUANAR Agriculture Development Communication students who visited them to c
17th November 2017
Farmers Organisation Limited (FOL), in collaboration with LUANAR, organized a field day at the LUANAR NRC Campus to exhibit a high yielding, pest and disease resistant variety of maize on Thursday, 16th of November 2017. The mini-field day which was held under the theme ‘more yield from less lan
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