Kitchen garden farming ideas: Strategic view

onsequently, the idea of kitchen garden is gaining attention from families who wish to grow what they eat. A lot of designs are out there and families

I start this with two questions:

You must Eat what you produce? Or

You must Produce what you eat?

African farmer has been made to believe that eating what they produce is a better idea than producing what they eat.

Kenya for instance produces a lot of cut flowers, coffee and tea. West African countries produce a lot of cocoa (chocolate). However, these countries are the least consumers of what they produce.

On the other hand, African farmers produce what they don’t consume and import what they consume. Even if the narrative of comparative advantage is true in this regard, African countries have a huge competitive advantage to produce the foods that they import.

Consequently, the idea of kitchen garden is gaining attention from families who wish to grow what they eat. A lot of designs are out there and families can now produce what they eat.

To conclude, self sufficiency in food security starts by producing what you eat!!!