{"id":4355,"date":"2019-03-28T01:10:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T01:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avrdc.org\/give\/?page_id=4355"},"modified":"2019-03-28T01:43:08","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T01:43:08","slug":"seed-kits-more-food-better-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/avrdc.org\/give\/seed-kits-more-food-better-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Seed Kits = More Food, Better Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SEED KITS = MORE FOOD, BETTER HEALTH<\/strong><\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The combination of seed kits and garden training<\/strong> has been proven to be successful in increasing the amount of vegetables the producing households grow — and in improving the nutrition of household members.<\/p>\n

In Bangladesh, for example, the distribution of seed kits in combination with gardening training offered to women reduced deficiencies of iron, vitamin A and zinc in family members.<\/p>\n

The World Vegetable Center’s seed kit\/household garden model builds on more than 30 years of experience in this area. The model has three components:<\/p>\n

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  1. Year-round production of nutrient-dense fruit and vegetables<\/li>\n
  2. Awareness raising about nutrition and health<\/li>\n
  3. Strengthening key support systems, including women\u2019s groups and seed systems<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Want to know how WorldVeg seed kits improve the lives and livelihoods of smallholder farmers and their families? Take a look at some of our recent research:[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][vc_column_text]\"\"<\/p>\n

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    [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_space=”remove_padding”][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”READ MORE” color=”custom” border_width=”4″ accent_color=”#5586c8″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”35″ full_height=”yes” columns_placement=”top” row_space=”remove_padding”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Schreinemachers P, Patalagsa MA and Uddin N (2016) Impact and cost-effectiveness of women\u2019s training in home gardening and nutrition in Bangladesh<\/strong><\/span>.<\/a> Journal of Development Effectiveness 8: 473\u2013488.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Schreinemachers P, Brown S, Roothaert R, Makamto Sobgui C and Toure SH (2018) Research to impact: the World Vegetable Center\u2019s household garden model<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. Acta Horticulturae 36: 305\u2013314.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Stoilova T, van Zonneveld M, Roothaert R, Schreinemachers P. (2019) Connecting genebanks to farmers in East Africa through the distribution of vegetable seed kits<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>. Plant Genetic Resources.<\/p>\n

    World Vegetable Center (2016) The World Vegetable Center\u2019s Approach to Household Gardeningfor Nutrition.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> World Vegetable Center, Shanhua, Taiwan. Publication No. 16-803. 35 p.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    [vc_row full_height=”yes” content_placement=”top” row_space=”remove_padding”][vc_column width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text] SEED KITS = MORE FOOD, BETTER HEALTH [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The combination of seed kits and garden training has been proven to be successful in increasing the amount of vegetables the producing households grow — and in improving the nutrition of household members. In Bangladesh, for example, the distribution of seed kits in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avrdc.org\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4355"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avrdc.org\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avrdc.org\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avrdc.org\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avrdc.org\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4355"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/avrdc.org\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4370,"href":"https:\/\/avrdc.org\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4355\/revisions\/4370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avrdc.org\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}