Somoto, in Nicaragua’s Madriz department, hosted the first Central American workshop of the FONTAGRO-funded project “Biointensive farming for rural families in the Dry Corridor”. Farmers, technicians and specialists from the three countries learned about the method promoted by Friends of the Earth Spain, INPRHU, the Biointensive Method Training, Research and Demonstration Centre (CCID BioNica), UNA, UNAH and ADEPES, and took part in field practice on seeds, composting, double digging, soil nutrition, water, pests and beneficial insects. “Now they know what to plant on their small plots to improve family nutrition,” said Gladys Cáceres, Director of INPRHU Somoto.

Testimonies show the method’s potential. María Cornelia Martínez, of the Valle Women’s Multiple Enterprises Network (Honduras), highlighted what she learned about crop rotation and organic vegetable production to improve her family’s diet. And Juan Diego Bautista, a farmer from Totogalpa who has used the method since 2015, said his garden now provides his family’s diet for the whole year (tomatoes, onions, sweet peppers, radishes, celery and carrots) as well as seeds for the next planting and to share with other families in his community.

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