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Programme

Nutritious and Healthy Food Systems

Linking agriculture to nutrition through school gardens, mother-led training and diverse diets grown close to home.

Our objective

To reduce child malnutrition by promoting access to nutritious, locally grown organic foods and nutrition education in rural communities.

What we do

Establish school and community gardens producing diverse crops.
Partner with health centers to run nutrition education sessions for mothers.
Support home-based food production (vegetables, fruits, legumes).
Distribute nutrition kits with seeds and training for vulnerable families.
Integrate nutrition indicators into agriculture programs.

Projects in this programme

ActiveMaramvya, Bubanza

Training on Climate Smart Nutrition Gardens for vegetables in the rural community of Maramvya

More than 50 smallholder farmers, most of them women, trained to grow vegetables in Climate Smart Nutrition Gardens without inorganic fertiliser.