Success stories from AVRDC beneficiaries
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Lilian's children wouldn't eat the food she cooked. Now she grows vegetables that aren’t bitter, changed her cooking style, and has the kids eating healthy leafy greens every day.
Success stories from AVRDC beneficiaries
Lilian's children wouldn't eat the food she cooked. Now she grows vegetables that aren’t bitter, changed her cooking style, and has the kids eating healthy leafy greens every day.
School Principal Robina teaches her young students to grow vegetables and cook them for school lunch. The children are noticeably healthier, which has made her school very popular among parents.
Vegetable/maize integration makes a major difference in the income and livelihood of a older but wiser farmer.
When the Kyalo family learned how to grow traditional vegetables, their dull daily diet of maize, beans and cabbage was transformed into a feast of flavor and nutrition.
These crops have improved the present situation of a farmer in Burkina Faso, and offer a promising future for her grandson.
Nalonge and Agnes used to be like most farmers in their villages: they regarded traditional vegetables as weeds. Not anymore. They are now convinced of the nutritional benefits of traditional leafy vegetables, even plant them to beautify their homes, and influence other women to do the same.
Vertical gardening maximizes returns for Pakistan's bottle gourd farmers.
New pickle product lines in attractive packaging boost sales for local processors in Tanzania.
Two entrepreneurs start-up a small-scale business to produce seed of traditional vegetables in Cameroon.
Chili on the value chain in Karnataka