Trucking a New Harvest to Malawi

NENO, Malawi, July 23, 2007 — -- The views here in Malawi are stunning. Rugged, brown mountains frame verdant valleys with shades of orange and green, like something out of a Cezanne painting. The terrain looks a lot like New Mexico in the United States.

In this southern African nation — slightly smaller than the state of Pennsylvania — most of the population live in rural areas, but the farmers are mostly subsistence farmers. They grow just enough to feed their own families, or not.