Girl Power in the garden!
Curious about the safety of the local food supply, four young women from Bishop Henry Gogarty Memorial Girls Secondary School in Tanzania decided to investigate the benefits of growing their own vegetable gardens.
They like it!
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.
Home gardens, healthy children, happy parents
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.
Integrate and innovate
Vegetable/maize integration makes a major difference in the income and livelihood of a older but wiser farmer.
From monotony to diversity
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.
The trouble with Tuta
The tomato leaf miner (Tuta absoluta) is making inroads in Tanzania and other locations in East Africa. The World Vegetable Center and partners are working to develop strategies for farmers to manage Tuta, which can cause up to 100% loss of tomato fruits if left uncontrolled.
Impact of nutritional perceptions of traditional African vegetables on farm household production decisions: A case study of smallholders in Tanzania
Smallholders tend to grow more traditional vegetables than larger-farm operators. Thus, more attention should be given to reducing production and its associated transaction costs by ensuring timely access to quality certified seeds, ensuring optimal use of inputs and increasing labour productivity, particularly for smallholders.
Addressing gender in research work
Addressing gender in research work
Capacity building for gender research and mainstreaming
Agriculture as a livelihood has a […]
Postharvest tech featured on Food Friday
Postharvest technologies featured on NTV's Food Friday
AVRDC at AFSTA annual symposium
The Center hosted a symposium about vegetable seed systems during this seminal event for seed in Africa.