Leafies Vegetable Introduction and Women Empowerment in Improving Family Income
The Women in Eastern Indonesia really have a potential to grow vegetables. We started with Leafies Vegetable to make them more interested in vegetable farming. Women farmers have more time and teamwork in growing vegetable than the men. They also can be a vegetable seller they have harvested crops.
Leafy vegetables crops are very easy to plant
– not only by small scale farmers but also
by women or anyone by simply sowing leafy
seeds in house-yards, polybags, or a more
recent approach of vertical garden. It can be
grown on open soil with simple raise beds
or with media mix in crop boxes. It can also
be harvested in 2-3 weeks’ time. We expect
that leafies vegetable is the right starter
crop to improve their income, nutrition and
vegetable farming skills.