Lakshmi one of the beneficiaries of kitchen garden program implemented by CSFD was growing few vegetables in her back yard with the seeds available in the local market however the produce was not sufficient for their house hold requirements. Lakshmi was keen to be a part of CSFD supported kitchen garden project and got enrolled under the program. With the support from the CSFD, she was trained on developing kitchen garden in a scientific manner with other project beneficiaries. CSFD distributed kitchen garden input kits along with the vegetables and fruit seeds received from the Mahyco seeds Pvt Ltd. In a span of three to four months Lakshmi’s efforts flourished into a beautiful, diverse garden. The garden includes tomatoes, chilies, eggplant, okra, bottle gourd, ridge gourd, bitter gourd, cabbage, cauliflower, beans and greens. She has also planted fruit plants such as papaya and watermelon. Now Lakshmi is contented and feels because of CSFD and its successful kitchen garden intervention her family is able to consume diverse and nutritious food which they were unable to get earlier. Apart from consuming the produce, Lakshmi happily shares the excess yields with her neighbors
