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Research Areas
infant and young child feeding,Food safety,nutrition,Food microbiology,
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Martin Charles Mashunga Likongwe is a lecturer in Food Science and Nutrition in the Department of Human Ecology and Agricultural Sciences in the School of Natural and Applied Sciences at University of Malawi. He holds a Master of Science in Fod Science and Technology obtained from the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Martin holds Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Malawi majoring in Nutrition and Biology and also holds a Diploma in Agriculture from the University of Malawi. He has 12 years of experience in teaching and supervising post graduate and undergraduate students. Martin specializes in Food Science, Nutrition and Food Microbiology. Currently Martin is pursuing a PhD in Agri-food Systems with the UniversitĆ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy. Martin has been coordinator of two projects namely: Afikepo and community based tracking mechanism (CBTM) which have been implemented by the University of Malawi in partnership with UNICEF (Malawi). In both the projects the University of Malawi was supporting Malawi government in the implementation of the Scaling up Nutrition programme interventions. The role of the University of Malawi was to enhance adoption of nutrition interventions through the use of Community Behaviour Tracking Mechanisms. In the Afikepo project University of Malawi built capacity of frontline workers and community based volunteers in community based tracking mechanism in 11 districts and the project ran from January 2020 to December, 2024. The CBTM project was implemented in four districts (Phalombe, Blantyre, Chikwawa and Nsanje) from June 2024 to June, 2025. Martin has also being key in the implementation of food standards in Malawi as he is a member of several technical committees of the Malawi Bureau of Standards.
Publications
- Journal Article
Banda, D., Kasapila, W., Ndolo, V., Banda, J., Likongwe, M., & Kamtambe, K. (2023). Proximate composition, mineral content, peroxides and rancidity in open sun and solar-tent dried small sardine fish in Malawi. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquaculture, 15(2), 52-59. https://doi.org/10.5897/IJFA2023.0850 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.5897/IJFA2023.0850
- Journal Article
Kalumbi, M., et al, (2020) Bacterial and heavy metal contamination in selected commonly sold herbal medicine in Blantyre, Malawi, Malawi Medical Journal 32 (3); 153-159 (2020)
Https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/mmj.v32i3.8
- Journal Article
Likongwe MC, Kasapila W, Katundu M, Mpeketula P. Microbiological quality of traditional and improved kiln smoked catfish (Clarias gariepinus; Pisces; Clariidae) in Lake Chilwa Basin. Food Sci Nutr. 2018;00:1ā€“6. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.885 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.885
- Journal Article
Likongwe M.C., Katundu M., Mpeketula P., and Kasapila W., 2018, Microbial quality assessment of open sun and solar tent dried Barbus paludinosus in Lake Chilwa Basin, International Journal of Marine Science, 8(10): 83-88 (doi: 10.5376/ijms.2018.08.0010) (2018)
doi: 10.5376/ijms.2018.08.0010
- Conference Papers
The second National Commission for Science and Technology research dissemination conference held from 28-29th September, 2017 in Mangochi. Paper presented: Microbial quality assessment of open sun and solar tent dried Barbus paludinosus in Lake Chilwa Basin pages 255-260. Published in National Commission of Science and Technology (NCTS) 2017 Research Dissemination Conference Proceedings. (2017)
- Conference Papers
The second National Commission for Science and Technology research dissemination conference held from 28-29th September, 2017 in Mangochi. Paper presented: Microbiological quality of traditional and improved kiln smoked catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in Lake Chilwa Basin pages 261-266. Published in National Commission of Science and Technology (NCTS) 2017 Research Dissemination Conference Proceedings. (2017)
- Conference Papers
16th College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference held on 28th October, 2012 in Blantyre. A conference paper presented was published in the Malawi Medical Journal as part of the conference abstracts (Conference Abstracts 96-146 December 2012). Paper presented: Assessing aflatoxin level in groundnut flour sold in Zomba and Blantyre markets pages 132-133 (2012)
