The farmers were taught to grown this tree in rows in the fields. The farmers used to cut them as weeds. In the S.A.V.E program farmers were taught to use mulch around tomato seedlings to keep moisture in and weeds out. S.A.V.E promotes compost making for improving soil in gardens. A Rape garden of the Umoze farmer club.
Rape is one of the most favorite vegetables in Zambians.
Customers come all the way from Lusaka to buy Rape. Farmer watering vegetables using watering can distributed through S.A.V.E. funding from Japan's Postal Savings for International Voluntary Aid program. Cabbage growing well with the help of compost as a natural fertilizer. Tomato field before harvest. Tomatos are also very common in the Zambian diet.