Nursery development
Seedlings are raised before transfer to demonstration plots.
Programmes
Sustainable agriculture
Vegetable Horticulture Training Garden.
Practical learning at the school and health centre
Growing knowledge
A living classroom for food production and community resilience.
LCDI is developing nurseries, demonstration beds and box gardens where learners and community members can gain practical horticulture experience. Current work includes seedlings, sukuma wiki, carrots, tomatoes and eggplants, alongside preparation for banana planting.
The gardens demonstrate how limited spaces around institutions and homes can be used productively. They also support LCDI’s wider goals in food security, environmental care, extension training and income generation.
Box gardening
Compact beds show what can be achieved in limited spaces.
Practical training
The gardens provide a setting for hands-on learning and extension.
Future resilience
Water harvesting and irrigation remain important development priorities.
Garden progress
From nursery to demonstration plot.
Photographs extracted from LCDI’s September agriculture report.
Long-term direction
Integrated agriculture for institutional sustainability.
LCDI’s future agricultural vision includes water harvesting, livestock, agroforestry, coffee and banana production, mushroom growing, value addition and community extension services. These are development priorities, not yet reported as completed outcomes.