Twenty graduates of AVRDC’s VINESA (“Improving incomes and nutrition in Eastern and Southern Africa by enhancing vegetable-based farming and food systems in peri-urban corridors”) project in Arusha, Tanzania celebrated the completion of their six-month training in vegetable production in 18 September 2014. To put into practice what they have learned, the grads formed MAYOVEGA, a self-help association.

In this short video prepared by Mwanaidi Mkwizu of ITV Tanzania, the graduates and local farmers discuss the benefits of working together to share production methods and market information.

Running time: 00:08:20 (be sure to catch the graduates’ song at 00:05:52!)

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• Value chain training picks up the pace in vegetable hubs
• VINESA equips smallholder vegetable growers to engage in high value market opportunities