Drying leafy vegetables in Kenya

Small Farm Dryer at SOFDI, in Kenya - 2016 (Sponsored by A Better World AG)

 As part of their School Outreach Program they are drying African Leafy Vegetables (ALVs) that include Amaranth, Black Night Shade, Crotolaria, Jute Mallow, Spider Planter. These are the vegetables whose supply is very low during the dry season, but they are high in micro-nutrients, have medicinal benefits and are resistant to pests and diseases.

As a strategy to promote the consumption of dried vegetables, they are intensifying drying during the rainy season when the supply of the vegetables is high and packaging for storage and distribution during the dry season when supply is highly depressed. The dried vegetables will be distributed to parents, children and farmers during the dry period.