GRASS PEAS GRASS PEAS Drought resistant Toxic if eaten in large quantities NORMAL PEAS NORMAL PEAS Tasty and good nutrition Needs regular watering this document for educational purposes only. Page 1
CORN CORN High yield Lots of uses Needs regular water for good harvest Only 1 harvest per year ONIONS ONIONS Adds flavour to food Needs regular water this document for educational purposes only. Page 2
GARLIC GARLIC Tasty and good nutrition Needs regular water WHITE SORGHUM WHITE / RED SORGHUM Quite drought resistant Many uses e.g. building materials Tastes nice Only 1 harvest per year this document for educational purposes only. Page 3
PEPPERS PEPPERS Tasty and good nutrition Needs regular water RED SORGHUM WHITE / RED SORGHUM Very drought resistant Many uses e.g. building materials Quicker harvest time Doesn t taste nice this document for educational purposes only. Page 4
COFFEE COFFEE Sold for money in market (to export) Needs regular watering Price moves up and down (fluctuates) HONEY HONEY Sold for money in market (to export) Production does not rely on rain Training and modern beehives required this document for educational purposes only. Page 5
LENTILS LENTILS Good source of protein Needs regular watering EGGS EGGS Nutritional Information Nutritional value - high Need regular water and food for animals (or have to buy them) this document for educational purposes only. Page 6
MILK MILK Nutritional Information Nutritional value - high Need regular water and food for animals (or have to buy them) this document for educational purposes only. Page 7
Choose the cards you think Lekea s family can grow Then work out how balanced their diet would be this document for educational purposes only. Page 8
Sources of information: Nutritional information on grass pea: http://foodsecuritysm.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/grass-pea-the-other-way-to-combat-foodscarcity/ http://www.fao.org/docrep/t0646e/t0646e0q.htm Nutritional information on sorghum and corn: http://www.icrisat.org/vasat/learning_resources/crops/sorghum/sorghum_prodpractices/html/ m1l2/resources/1838.html Food nutritional values: http://www.elook.org/nutrition/vegetables/ http://nutritiondata.self.com/ Photo credits Corn: Diana Hernandez Cordero/Oxfam Grass Peas: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:lathyrus_sativus_004.jpg Normal Peas: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:peas_-_studio_-_2011.jpg Onions: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:onions.jpg Garlic: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:knoblauch_2995.jpg White Sorghum: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:ukerewe_sorghum.jpg?uselang=en-gb Peppers: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:peppers.jpg Red Sorghum: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:sorghum_bicolor_bild0902.jpg?uselang=en-gb Coffee: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:coffeebeans.jpg Honey: Tom Pietrasik/Oxfam Taff: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:eragrostis_tef_(teff)1.jpg Lentils: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:green_lentils.jpg Milk/Eggs: Geoff Sayer/Oxfam this document for educational purposes only. Page 9