Veggies offer new opportunities to farmers in Tanzania
(WorldNews Politics)

Persistent global hunger and undernutrition have underscored the need for urgent action towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that aim to end all forms of malnutrition and double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers by 2030. In sub-Saharan Africa, lack of dietary diversity is a key causal factor of malnutrition since a big part of the population consume mainly staples as their main food, which are high in carbohydrates, but low in micronutrients and vitamins. To address this dietary diversity and incomes gap, encouraging farmers to grow elite varieties of traditional African and global vegetables can make an important contribution to...