This simple gift is a prime example of how one purchase can make an ongoing difference. These reliable high quality vegetable seeds ensure farmers in East Timor can improve the yield of their crops and help keep families healthy through improved nutrition.
These high-quality vegetable seeds ensure farmers in East Timor can improve the yield of their crops and help keep families healthy. Oxfam Australia’s nutrition and agriculture projects in East Timor help communities grow and cook nutritious food, process fresh food so it lasts longer and improve yields of maize and rice. “The use of improved seed varieties is an integral part of our strategy to address the “hungry season” in East Timor and increase food security for Timorese families. Newer varieties of maize produce 40% more food than the traditional varieties.” Lynne Kennedy, Livelihoods and Food Security Coordinator, Oxfam Australia
