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Busia County: Growing indigenous vegetables to harvest social and environmental benefits

Podcast - In this episode the public food procurement in Busia County, Kenya, is explored with the help of food and biodiversity expert Victor Wasike. Victor provides a 360° view of Busia’s public food procurement, which is inspiring for its social, economic and environmental impacts. Busia’s public meals supply chain has a special focus on including indigenous vegetables in public meals, creating a myriad of health benefits for school children.
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectCrop diversity
PublisherOne Planet Network | OPN The Power of the Public Plate
Publication year2021
RegionsAfrica
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typeMultimedia
Resource linkhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/5MEfv8VuZn7vl7A68uJvmd?si=NyZlPtb_R0iRf4MbYopucA&nd=1
KeywordsValue chain; Agricultural biodiversity; Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
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