Contributors: Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition

By Alessandra Grasso
Posted September 1, 2015

Health Units in Busia County, Kenya

US Borlaug Fellow Alessandra Grasso shares her experience of the traditional food-based approaches community health workers are promoting to tackle...

Pupils from Malanga Primary School in Samia Sub-County preparing a garden bed to plant local vegetables.

By Alessandra Grasso
Posted September 1, 2015

School Gardening in Busia County, Kenya

In Busia County, Kenya, school gardens have become a safe learning space where pupils can observe and practice new climate-smart methods and...

Alessandra Grasso

“I believe every individual throughout every stage of life has the right to healthy, nutritious, safe and diverse foods. As a U.S. Borlaug Fellow in Global Food Security, I chose to support the BFN project in Kenya because of its integrated mission to mainstream conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity for improved human nutrition and well-being.”

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Health Units in Busia County, Kenya

School Gardening in Busia County, Kenya

BFN Species Snapshots on the International Day for Biological Diversity 2019

Disability Is Not Inability: Growing Indigenous Vegetables at Mundika Special School for the Deaf

The Perception of Local Foods in Busia County

Traditional Foods: The Secret to Long Life

Once were flowerbeds: home-grown school feeding and nutrition education enhances indigenous vegetable consumption in Busia schools

Launch of the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables 2021

ANH2021. 6th Annual Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy Week