A microgarden project participant pruning a basil plant. The participants are taught to plant natural insect repelling plants, such as basil, parsley and spearmint, next to the vegetable crops. 

A participant in the FAO microgarden project cultivating the plants. Basil is seen growing with onions, beets and leafy greens, as it acts as a natural pest repellent. The vegetables are grown in a mi 

A participant in the FAO microgarden project cultivating the plants. Basil is seen growing with onions, beets and leafy greens, as it acts as a natural pest repellent. The vegetables are grown in a mi 

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

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

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

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 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 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 FAO microgarden project giving the important nutrient solution to the vegetables. The solution is essential for the continued growth of the garden. 

A microgarden project participant stirring the water underneath the lettuce seedlings. This action, done regularly, oxygenates the water keeping the seedlings growing. Within 28 days the lettuce will 

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

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 

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 

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

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

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 

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 

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