Students at the Maria Taberoa Elementary School tending to the vegetable microgarden. The school has taken part in the project teaching the children about gardening and, by eating the resulting produc 

Students at the Maria Taberoa Elementary School tending to the vegetable microgarden. The school has taken part in the project teaching the children about gardening and, by eating the resulting produc 

Students at the Maria Taberoa Elementary School tending to the vegetable microgarden. The school has taken part in the project teaching the children about gardening and, by eating the resulting produc 

Students at Maria Taberoa Elementary School giving the important nutrient solution to the microgarden of vegetables. The solution is essential for the continued growth of the garden. The school has ta 

A student at Maria Taberoa Elementary School giving the important nutrient solution to the microgarden of vegetables. The solution is essential for the continued growth of the garden. The school has t 

A student and teacher at Maria Taberoa Elementary School giving the important nutrient solution to the microgarden of vegetables. The solution is essential for the continued growth of the garden. The 

A view of the poorer neighborhoods in the hills above Caracas. Many people here participate in the microgarden project. The programme is expanding and microgardeners are helping by passing on skills t 

VENEZUELA 2003. Daily life in the hill towns of Caracas. The FAO project microgardens can been seen just outside a participant's home. 

VENEZUELA 2003. Daily life in the hill towns of Caracas. The FAO project microgardens can been seen just outside a participant's home. 

A microgarden project participant watering her vegetables with a nutrient solution that is essential for the continued growth of the garden. For now the government helps subsidize the costly solution 

VENEZUELA 2003. A participant in the FAO microgarden project giving the important nutrient solution to the vegetables. The solution is essential for the continued growth of the garden. 

A participant in the FAO microgarden project cultivating the plants. The vegetables are grown in a mixture of rice hulls, peanut shells and clay pellets, held in a shallow plastic-lined tray on legs, 

VENEZUELA 2003. An FAO microgarden project participant tending to a tomato plant growing on the balcony of her house in the La Valle neighborhood, above Caracas. 

VENEZUELA 2003. A participant in the microgarden project keeps his plant box safely behind a fence. 

VENEZUELA 2003. A participant in the microgarden project keeps his plant box safely behind a fence. 

VENEZUELA 2003. Daily life in the hill towns of Caracas. The FAO project microgardens can been seen just outside a participant's home. 

A supervisor of 40 families involved in the FAO microgarden project paying a visit to a participant's house in the neighborhood of La Valle, above Caracas, to check on the progress of the garden and a 

A supervisor of 40 families involved in the FAO microgarden project paying a visit to a participant's house in the neighborhood of La Valle, above Caracas, to check on the progress of the garden and a 

A participant in the FAO microgarden project cultivating the plants. The vegetables are grown in a mixture of rice hulls, peanut shells and clay pellets, held in a shallow plastic-lined tray on legs, 

A participant in the microgarden project that has taken root in the poorer neighborhoods within the hills of Caracas, eating a dish with lettuce and tomatoes harvested from the garden, seen to the lef