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A nutrition kitchen garden is a practical solution to enhance nutrition security at a household level. It involves growing a variety of fruits, vegetables and herbs in your backyard or even in containers.

The Nutrition Kitchen Garden model was developed by AVRDC/World vegetable centre, Semina Agro has given the present shape based upon the need of the community taking in consideration of the climate change and condition and executed Nutrition Kitchen Garden model at a very low cost which can drastically change the current scenario. We believe to make the people habit of doing their own kitchen garden and overcome the scarcity of pesticide free, fresh and green vegetables.

Kitchen Garden

Semina Agro having the model in Kitchen Garden for every season :

This Model requires land of size 2.5 decimal. The households are oriented to make 10 manageable beds size of 10’ × 3’. Four additional beds are required for drumstick and papaya as illustrated in the diagram. It teaches crop rotation, methods of irrigating the plot, applying  compost, organic pesticides etc. effectively. This garden requires 30 minutes or an hour in a day to monitor and carry out other essential activities for better health and progress.

Green vegetables, drumsticks flowers, pods can be produced through organic farming throughout the year for a total of five members of a family. 40 to 60 kg of papaya is also available from each plant which generates good revenue.

This entire model is based  on drip irrigation, so that farmers can have better understanding of irrigation with fertigation  methods and benefits for crops.

SA 03 Model Kit Contains: 10 different vegetables seeds kit, Layout Calendar, 1gm of papaya seeds (Red Glow variety) and 15 no.s  of Drum stick seed (PKM-1 variety), Protray (104 and 70 cavity), Hand Spray, Bio-Fungicide, Neem Oil, Garden Tool and Micro drip irrigation set for 100 square meters Excluding drum for water storage.

Kitchen Garden/Nutrition Garden Concept

One of the easiest ways  of ensuring access to a healthy diet that contains adequate macro and micro nutrients  is to produce many different kinds of foods in the kitchen garden. This is especially important in rural areas where people have limited income-earning opportunities and poor access to market. Kitchen Nutritional gardens are also becoming an increasingly important sources of food and income for poor households in rural and peri-urban areas.

A well developed kitchen garden has the potential, when access to land and water is not a major limitation, to supply most of the non-staple foods that a family needs every day of the year, including roots, tubers, vegetables, fruits and legumes.

As India’s population grows, demand for vegetables is expected to increase to about 432 million metric tons by 2026. Every human being has to strive a lot for complete nutrition to manage and maintain health aspects by consuming quality vegetables, to reduce health hazards and avoid intangible expenditure.

Benefits

  • Fresh, Pesticide-Free Produce
  • Cost Savings on Groceries
  • Increased Dietary Diversity
  • Physical Activity Through Gardening
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Vegetables Harvested From Home Garden Taste Better Than Those Purchased From Market

Getting Started

  • Choose A Sunny Spot
  • Start With Easy-To-Grow Plants Like Tomatoes, Spinach and Herbs
  • Use Organic Compost For Soil Health
  • Rotate Crops To Maintain Soil Fertility

By combining nutrition security awareness with the practice of Kitchen gardening, families can take significant step towards better health and self-reliance.

Outcome

Additional income generation for rural families is also promoted, not only through direct sale of home produce but also from indirect savings as a result of reduced health care expenditure and savings on expenditure of vegetables. Nutrition Kitchen Garden can improve dietary diversification and increased consumption of micronutrient-rich food by target group. It is expected that each plot can yield 600 kgs of vegetables in three seasons.

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