Laruwati Kamat, a rural woman farmer from Siraha district in eastern Nepal, has always known the value of fresh food. For generations, her family followed seasonal patterns to cultivate vegetables, believing certain months were the only viable time to grow. However, her approach to farming began to change through her involvement in the Joint Programme on Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment (JP RWEE), a global initiative that aims to empower rural women. The JP RWEE program provided Laruwati with high-quality seeds and introduced her to modern agricultural techniques, for year-round cultivation. She also learned the greenhouse technique for growing saplings from her son, who had acquired this knowledge through his work with an agriculture project. This... Read More