Leafy Vegetables

Leafy vegetables have a key role to play in providing healthy and sustainable diets for farmers and city dwellers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Urbanization, commercialization of cuisines, global trade in staple foods, poverty, cultural erosion and environmental degradation are simplifying what is eaten and changing the nature of malnutrition throughout the region. Positive examples from other parts of the world suggest that successful food systems in transition draw on locally-available foods and traditional food culture within increasing market-oriented economies.