PAEPARD Indigenous Vegetables

Improving African indigenous varieties for greater nutrition and livelihoods.

It is well known that vegetables are good for us, providing important  vitamins, minerals and antioxidants essential for a healthy life. As with all  fresh produce, vegetables are subject to a number of constraints and challenges  along the value chain as they travel from ‘farm to fork’. These constraints have an  impact on the quality of the produce, and hence on their nutritious content, which in  turn has an impact on the health and livelihoods of the consumers….