I work as an agricultural labour but after seeing the community nutrition garden and the backyard nutrition garden of households in the village, I felt like having my own nutrition garden. I got vegetable seeds from the Foundation and setup my garden in 2016-17. The area of my nutrition garden is 15cm x 8cm. My husband helps me in preparing the land and helps in watering the garden. The first year (2016-17), the vegetables were destroyed by field rats but I did not give up. I fenced the garden and took measures to prevent rodent attack. This helped a lot.          

 

 

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