Editing Community-based economics (section)

=== Malawi ===

Many community-based economies have been seen in the Kasungu district of Malawi. These economies have concerned themselves with the tasks of sustaining agriculture; managing natural resources; facilitating small and medium enterprises; as well as dealing with health problems in their communities such as HIV and AIDS.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mgawanyemba |first1=Gamaliel D |title=Community-based organizations in socio-economic development : the experience of Kasungu district in Malawi |journal=UNISA Institutional Repository |date=2008 |hdl=10500/2759 |url=http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2759}}</ref>

The [https://www.trickleout.net/index.php/directory-pilot/Malawi%20/ngolowindo-cooperative-society Ngolowindo Horticultural Cooperative Society (NHCS)] is one such example of community-based economies at play. It is located in the “Maganga Traditional Authority in the [[Salima District]] of Malawi's Central Regions”. The NHCS includes members from the eleven villages surrounding it and was initially known as the “Ngolowindo Self Help Irrigation Scheme (NSHIS)”.<ref name="hill" /> The NSHIS had seen support from the areas’ indigenous leaders. Apart from seeking to implement subsistence farming, the NHCS deals with generational income issues by focusing on achieving stability at the household level.<ref name="hill" />