“At a World Vegetable Center project in
Arusha, Tanzania, home gardens yielded
an average of 73 kg (161 lb) of 14 different
improved varieties of vegetables from just
9 sq m (100 sq ft) under intensive cultivation, using hand tools. These tiny home
gardens produced enough for a person
to have 200 g of vegetables per day for
the entire year. This is enough to nearly
double vegetable consumption and help the
gardeners reach the WHO recommended
minimum intake of fruits and vegetables.
These types of training programs can
be run without massive aid programs and
without patented, genetically modified
seed. They are not for export agriculture
and will not pay off the national debts.
What they could do is eliminate most
anemia, vitamin A, and folate deficiency in
Africa. They could add years of life expectancy, increase children’s ability to learn,
and increase productive labor. By showing
people how to produce so much nutritious
food close to home, these home vegetable
garden training projects could reduce the
heavy burden of unnecessary suffering that
the African people have carried.”
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