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vegetable like okra and root vegetables such as carrot and radish need to be staggered over several weeks so that
they continue to supply vegetables over a longer period of time. Cucurbitaceous vegetables such as bottle gourd,
sponge gourd, long melon, cucumber, summer squash, bitter gourd and squash melon; and tomato are weak
stemmed and were staked or trained upright/vertically with the help of nylon ropes tied to bamboo at a height of
eight feet for production of good quality fruits. The yield data for each vegetable were recorded at both the
locations during 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12, and were averaged out.
Figure 3 Layout and planning of 6 x 6 square meter vegetable nutrition garden
4 Conclusions
In nutshell, nutrition gardening is the easiest way to ensure access to a healthy diet that contains adequate
amounts of essential nutrients by producing diverse kind of vegetables. Vegetable nutrition garden can be
established on a small piece of land provides healthy and pesticide free vegetables for the family. Thus, fresh and
safe to eat vegetables will be available for domestic consumption all the year round and improved consumption of
vegetables will help to address nutrient deficiency disorders like anemia, goiter, night blindness and so on.
Authors' contributions
SKJ
: Participated in the designing of the study and carry out the work and draft the manuscript;
MSD
: Helped in collecting
materials used in research programme.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by a grant from AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center-Shanhua, Tainan, Taiwan.
Conflict of interest
The authors have not declared any conflict of interest.
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