School Gardens in Vietnam (Food Plant Solutions)
Ho Chi Minh City (Thu Duc), Vietnam · Operator: AOG World Relief Vietnam with Food Plant Solutions (Rotary)
Overview
A case of school and community gardens with nutrition education in Vietnam's Tam Phu and Dai Hung areas, responding to preschool malnutrition rates of 11.1% and 19.8%. Nutrient-dense, climate-suited plants are grown and added to children's meals such as soups and rice porridge.
Citizen participation
An NGO programme in which AOG World Relief Vietnam, partnering Food Plant Solutions, runs school and community gardens and nutrition education in areas such as Tam Phu and Dai Hung. Community members themselves develop action plans and mobilise local resources to improve children's nutrition.
Operating model
A non-profit development programme by an NGO and Rotary-linked group. It selects climate-suited, nutrient-dense plants and combines gardens with food education to address child malnutrition in low-income households.
Impact
Advances children's and youths' nutrition, food education and community development through resident-led use of local resources, recorded as a relatively rare example of community and school gardening in Vietnam.
Land tenure
School and community grounds are used free of charge as gardens.
Crops
- vegetables
- leafy-greens
Scale
Community and school gardens in Tam Phu and Dai Hung areas; nutrition-focused
Sources（1）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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