Nkhata Bay (1)

I went to Nkhata Bay last week to look for Faidherbia trees
at the site of a study on soil degradation. Nkhata Bay is
next to the Viphya Plateau, which is a high, rainy,
heavily forested plateau.

We found a few, like the one above, which is increasing
the yield of the cassava under it.

Here are Shamie and Macdonald under another Faidherbia.
Shamie is the agronomist for the soil degradation study,
and Macdonald is an officer of a nearby agricultural research station.

We didn't find enough Faidherbia to study, but we ate lunch
at a lodge next to the lake. Here they move everything in canoes.
Here is a guy carrying four cases of coke (bottled) in a canoe.

More next week...