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Community Led Development and Capacity Building
Researchers from Rutgers University collaborated with chefs in Zambia to create a Moringa Cookbook.
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Rutgers trained over 1500 farmers in Kenya on best practices for producing African Indigenous Vegetables. In this photo, one of the trainees sells her leafy greens in a local market in Eldoret, Kenya.
In India, women lead discussion with researchers about food access.
Storytelling is critical for engaging community members in capacity building. In Zambia, an undergraduate student created a documentary Women of Nsongwe to share the voices of rural farmers.