Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources

The Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) is a university outside Lilongwe, Malawi. It was formed in 2011 by a merger between Bunda College of Agriculture of the University of Malawi and Natural Resources College (NRC).[1]

University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Bunda College of Agriculture
Former names
Bunda College of Agriculture, a constituent college of the University of Malawi
Motto in English
Knowledge,Innovation, Excellence
TypePublic
Established2011
ChancellorThe President of the Republic of Malawi
Vice-ChancellorProfessor George Kanyama Phiri
Studentsover 8,000
Location
Lilongwe
,
Mitundu
,
Malawi
ColoursGreen, Blue, white
SportsNetball, Football, volleyball, hockey, basketball, chess
Websitewww.luanar.ac.mw

History
Bunda College of Agriculture in 2004

The university was established by the Malawian National Assembly in 2011, and had its first intake of students as a new organization in 2012.[1] In addition to the Bunda campus right outside Lilongwe, it has satellite centers in Lilongwe City, Blantyre and Mzuzu for Open and Distance Learning. As of 2017, the university had a student body of 8000 to 8500.[2]

It has four faculties: Faculty of Agriculture (founded in 1967), Faculty of Natural Resources (2001), Faculty of Development Studies (2004), and Faculty of Food and Human Sciences (2013).[3] Ph.D. programmes are operated in collaboration with the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM).[1][4]

Bunda Farm, which was part of Bunda College and an economic negative for the college, became a limited company in 2005.[4]

In 2017, Bunda Farm Ltd. started a service station with fuel pumps at the campus in order to generate income to the university as well as to train students in business management.[2][5]

Faculties, Departments and Centres

The Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources has the following faculties and departments:

Faculty of Agriculture
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Animal Science
  • Basic Sciences (foundation courses)
  • Crop and Soil Sciences
  • Horticulture
  • Veterinary Biomedical Science

Faculty of Development Studies
  • Agribusiness Management
  • Agriculture Education
  • Agriculture Development Communication
  • Agriculture and Applied Economics
  • Extension and Rural Development

Faculty of Food and Human Sciences
  • Food Science and Technology
  • Human Ecology
  • Human Nutrition & Health

Faculty of Natural Resources
  • Aquaculture & Fisheries Science
  • Environmental Science
  • Forestry
  • Natural Resources Management

Faculty of Postgraduate Studies
  • Offering programmes at the postgraduate diploma, masters and doctoral levels

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Centre for Agricultural Research and Development (CARD)

Controversies

In December 2017, student protests over frequent power outages at the Bunda campus ended in property damages and an arrest of 46 students.[6][7] The campus was closed for some time.[8] The Malawi Human Rights Commission that investigated the death of a student found that some students had been subject to torture or inhumane treatment by the police, but did not find the police responsible for the student's death.[9]

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References
  1. Pauline Kaude (13 March 2015) Malawi launches Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources Malawi News Agency/Nyasa Times. Retrieved 7 March 2018
  2. Pauline Atim (13 November 2017) Visit to Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) Ruforum.org. Retrieved 7 March 2018
  3. FACULTIES AT LUANAR (Archive) LUANAR. Retrieved 13 February 2018
  4. Ramji Nyirenda and Arne Tostensen (2009) Building Capacity for Development and Food Security in Malawi. Mid-Term Review of the Bunda College Capacity Building Programme (BCDP) Norads samlede rapporter. 18/2009. Retrieved 13 March 2018
  5. Bunda Filling Station to fuel development at LUANAR Nyasa Times, 31 March 2017
  6. Sam Chunga (8 December 2017) 46 Luanar students arrested over power blackout protest The Nation. Retrieved 30 March 2018
  7. "46 LUANAR students arrested over blackouts demo". The Marabi Post. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  8. Lilongwe University closes Bunda Campus indefinitely over electricity protests Nyasa Times, 14 December 2017
  9. Faith Kamtambe (7 January 2018) Malawi Human Rights Commission recommends second postmortem on bunda student The Daily Times Retrieved 13 March 2018

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