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Mr. Martin Charles Mashunga Likongwe

LECTURER
Human Ecology and Agricultural Sciences

Research Areas

infant and young child feeding,Food safety,nutrition,Food microbiology,

Profile

Martin Charles Mashunga Likongwe is a lecturer in Food Science and Nutrition in the Department of Human Ecology and Agricultural Sciences, School of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Malawi. He holds a Master of Science in Food Science and Technology obtained from the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Martin holds a 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 13 years of experience in teaching and supervising postgraduate and undergraduate students. Martin specialises 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 coordinated two projects: Afikepo and the Community Based Tracking Mechanism (CBTM), implemented by the University of Malawi in partnership with UNICEF (Malawi). In both projects, the University of Malawi supported the Malawi government in implementing Scaling Up Nutrition programme interventions. The University of Malawi's role was to enhance adoption of nutrition interventions through Community Behaviour Tracking Mechanisms. In the Afikepo project, the University of Malawi built the capacity of frontline workers and community-based volunteers in community-based tracking mechanisms 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 been key to implementing food standards in Malawi, as he is a member of several technical committees at 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. 2019;7:281ā€“286. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.885 (2019)
    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)