Youths hit gold in mushroom

Youths hit gold in mushroom

Step into the incubation room and the world melts into darkness. In this pitch-black environment, no light, air or water is permitted. To the untrained eye, it looks like stagnation. For young Malawians turning to mushroom farming to beat the country’s crippling youth unemployment, it is precisely where economic growth begins. Njoka (in a blue T-shirt) trains mushroom farmers in Lilongwe. l Catherine Tembo The “dark stage” marks a critical phase…