Production and drying of indigenous vegetables.
Nyakasumbi group has come up with the idea of production and drying of traditional vegetables and stored as food banks for future use, value addition can be done to this food to be sold in great markets outlets to fetch good income.
Organization Name
NYAKASUMBI self hrlp group
Organization Website
Organization Phone
0733383960.
Organization Address
P.O Box 72, Bondo. 40601
Is your organization a
Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
Organization Country
Quênia
Name Your Project
Production and drying of indigenous vegetables.
Country your work focuses on
Quênia
Describe Your Idea
Nyakasumbi group has come up with the idea of production and drying of traditional vegetables and stored as food banks for future use, value addition can be done to this food to be sold in great markets outlets to fetch good income.
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What makes your idea unique?
The traditional vegetable species are rich in nutritional nutrients such as iron, calcium and magnesium, which are limited in exotic vegetables like cabbages. The traditional vegetables are organic(no chemicals used) and can withstand harsh conditions like dry spells, while exotic species contain chemical residues since they are sprayed during production, the chemicals affect life expectancy in on e way or another.
It is against this background of non-sustainable use of the environment towards food production and alternative strategy to develop linkages between diversity of resources’ and sustainable livelihood.
The traditional vegetable species are rich in nutritional nutrients such as iron, calcium and magnesium, which are limited in exotic vegetables like cabbages. The traditional vegetables are organic(no chemicals used) and can withstand harsh conditions like dry spells, while exotic species contain chemical residues since they are sprayed during production, the chemicals affect life expectancy in on e way or another.
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What impact have you had?
i. Fresh traditional vegetables as food.
ii. Dried traditional vegetables as food.
iii. Seeds or planting materials of the traditional vegetables.
iv. Packed and labeled dried vegetable leaves.
v. Improved food security hence the nutrition of households and rural development.
Problem
As a result of climate change and the ever increasing population ratio to the land cover patterns, food insecurity is increasing every year. This is as a result of erratic rainfall patterns and prolonged dry spells leaking behind unsustainable amount of soil moisture to sustain cropping systems hence the reduced crop yield or even total crop failure. The increased population has reduced or destroyed the traditional /indigenous vegetable species in the flora patterns.
Actions
Activities involved.
1) Identification of edible traditional vegetables to be planted and moringa production the shrubs like trees rich in nutrients has nutrients rich leaves, the seed has 40% oil, it’s a nitrogen fixing plant and the crushed seeds/leaves can be used as water purifies.
2) Mobilization of target/working groups.
3) Education and awareness on the benefit of traditional vegetables as food.
4) Piloting two village bulking plots for the vegetable production, these sites will provide planting materials for the sealing up purposes.
5) Construction and setting up of storey granaries to be used as food banks in the two villages.
6) Value addition on the vegetable products for market outlets.
Results
Objectives.
1. To educate the rural households on the benefits of group and protect the traditional vegetables.
2. To grow and produce traditional vegetables in specified bulking plots, dried and stored as food banks for future use.
3. To set up village centers storage facilities and security to protect the established food banks in form of granaries.
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.
Target groups
I. Women groups
II. Orphanages or child care centers.
III. Youth groups.
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How many people will your project serve annually?
101‐1000
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
Less than $50
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What stage is your project in?
Idea phase
In what country?
Uganda
Is your initiative connected to an established organization?
Yes
If yes, provide organization name.
NYAKASUMBI Self Help Group
How long has this organization been operating?
Less than a year
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