Indigenous Vegetables in Tanzania

Details: Katinka Weinberger AVRDC—The World Vegetable Center John Msuya Sokoine University, Tanzania

Summary: The purpose of this study is to provide recommendations for enhancing the role of indigenous vegetables for improved nutrition, healthy diet, and diversified income generation in home garden production and commercial farming systems in Tanzania. The study uses a multidisciplinary approach to identify market demand and to analyze values for nutrients that are known to be commonly deficient in the diets of the majority of people in Tanzania.