At Nyalenda, an informal settlement in Kisumu, Kenya, a community-based organisation introduced the concept of home gardening to cater to the food-insecure population, most of whom had also been laid off from casual labor. With limited urban spaces in town, the CBO used1/8 of an acre of its own compound within the slum, where it gave out spaces to a few residents who could afford to buy seedlings for vegetables and fruit trees, to not only personally consume but also sell to other residents at a lower price. They use organic fertilizers such as cabbage leaves and chicken droppings to cut down on production costs and thus address the dual issue of food insecurity and economic empowerment.

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