Better farming, better health and nutrition: Partners collaborate to deliver technologies for improved nutrition to smallholder farmers
27 March 2024
To contribute to enhance the nutritional aspects of smallholder farmers in Rwanda, AID-I GLR has leveraged an existing nutritional program implemented by Catholic Relief Service (CRS), named as “Gikuriro Kuri Bose”, using its community nutritional platforms known as Nurturing Care Hubs (NCHs). Participants, especially women, who attend balanced diet cooking demonstrations at the NCHs, now also learn how to produce crops used in the preparation of healthy meals. Indeed, through this partnership, up to 135 NCHs across all the districts of AID-I GLR intervention introduced demonstration plots for nutritional crops including vegetables, orange-fleshed sweet potatoes (OFSPs), and high-iron beans, and distributed small packs in collaboration with seed companies. These serve as models for attendees of cooking sessions, demonstrating how to replicate similar gardens at home for nutritious food for their families.
