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Food Forest Certification Program - Profiles in Self-reliance - Nuwaha Edson (Patrick)

Hello mama Lindianne,

Today l tried to go deep and see how we can use the readily available crops to help us in various ways.

Today l  came with cassava, this is a root crop which can easily be accessed and planted ,locally here in Uganda 

There are  various species of cassava, and the ones in the image below take relatively short time to be ready for consumption,

It takes 6-9 months depending on the fertility of soil, implying that it's no longer a crop that take long time to mature.

Today the price of cassava flour ranges from 2500-3000) ugs for just l kilogram, which means it has got two values now.

Still on cassava, the dried pieces of cassava when dipped in water or crushed, then put in water and supplied to bees, enables bees to not only yield high quality honey, but also large quantity of honey,more so bees like the flowers on cassava also it's a source of honey, which automatically means, that a farmer is likely to kill two birds with one stone, when he embraces cassava growing!

The same continues with this new species of banana which are popularity known for banana juice and yellow bananas, however also edible, but not common, the banana juice is for sale and has a high demand.

What am l trying to bring here ?
This system of growing crops which have more than two importances to people will not only increase food production, but also increase on their incomes , minimize food scarcity and also minimise on high poverty levels among households.

Therefore proper sensitization of people in their communities to grow such crops, continuous research and team work will play a magnificent role in as far as increasing food production and minimizing poverty levels is concerned.

Hello papa,, greetings , as l promised to continue with research about various species of fruit trees , here comes another good one, it bears big fruits , it can be intercropped, and later sheds off leaves which decay and add humus in the soil , this supporting plant growth. It has got many medicinal benefits.

l will continue empathising this and also native ancient African trees, for it is through this work that many varieties of crops shall be re introduced, this reducing over dependency on one crop,,

more blessings ,

Patrick