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The Development Gateway Market (dgMarket) is a global online marketplace providing information on donor and government-funded tenders. Currently, dgMarket publishes tender notices for projects funded by the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, Europe Aid, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, EU members states, Phare/Tacis, and the World Bank. For more information, contact: info@dgmarket.com.

Food for consumption and for sale

Other than for home consumption, most of the households on the islands grow fruits and vegetables to generate income to meet other daily needs.

Lilongwe, August 8, 2008 -- Surrounded by water and faced with sandy soils, the people of Likoma and Chizumulu Islands in the northern part of Lake Malawi never thought they could grow vegetables and other crops. For years, they depended on produce and maize brought in from mainland Malawi and neighboring Mozambique.