Hello November!!! A new month with great yields. May this New Month bring good harvests to all our faithful Donors, friends and family as we share Jesus' love
Today we are glad to share with you the progress of our beans and guess what!!! They are ready for harvesting. We thank all our beloved donors through Miss Maggi's Sunday School for supporting us from day one and everyone who has stood with us through our difficult times.
We decided to grow beans because;
✓ Beans are widely grown for consumption in Uganda, with little use of costly inputs and on a subsistence level. Beans are a cheaper source of protein, making it highly important in the dietary regimes of the very many families in Uganda. As a legume, it also contributes to improving and sustaining soil fertility through atmospheric nitrogen fixation.
✓ Beans are important source of protein and micronutrients mostly B vitamins, iron, calcium and zinc.
✓ The crop offers a good source of balance nutrition for rural households especially the poor who can barely afford animal protein.
✓ Beans can be consumed as immature pods, mature fresh grain or dry beans and its leaves are used to complement carbohydrate diets.
✓ It is therefore an important food and nutrition security crop that can be used to enhance the economy of Uganda as well as a means of practicing sustainable climate smart agriculture.
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