INNOVATIVE KENYA VEGETABLE PRODUCTION SCHEME BOOSTS HEALTH AS WELL AS WEALTH
August 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
"EAT your greens": this common-or-garden parental health advice may boost the health and wealth of Kenyan rural communities in an innovative market garden development project. The UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is spending US$26.6 million on improving vegetable production and distribution for local markets, with the aim not only of boosting local prosperity, but also improving the diets of local consumers, improving their health and in turn making them more productive. The programme will focus on potatoes, ...
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