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Growing Spinach for Nutrition: Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Community Video in India

Under the UPAVAN project, SPRING and Digital Green create community videos promoting nutrition-sensitive agriculture practices in Odisha, India. This community video shows a family working together to plant Indian spinach.

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A couple talks to a visitor about growing Indian spinach. The couple explains that their Indian spinach sells quickly in the market. Consumers know how the spinach is grown and that the plant is nutritious. Photo credit: Sarah Hogan, 2017
The couple demonstrates how to maintain proper spacing so that the plant will get enough food from the soil, get sufficient sunlight, and good air flow, which can protect the plants from pest and disease attack. Photo credit: Peggy Koniz-Booher, 2017
The mother-in-law brings the couple’s child to the garden. The mother goes back to the house to breastfeed the child, while the grandmother stays to help with the gardening. Photo credit: Peggy Koniz-Booher
The father and grandmother return from the garden. Photo credit: Sarah Hogan, 2017
An outline of the story shows how the video was planned to demonstrate the grandmother and father washing hands to avoid illness after working in the garden with compost. In the background, the father and grandmother wash their hands. Photo credit: Sarah Hogan, 2017
The mother’s sister prepares a midafternoon meal for the young child. Photo credit: Peggy Koniz-Booher
The grandmother gets ready to feed the child a midafternoon meal prepared with Indian spinach. Photo credit: Peggy Koniz-Booher, 2017
The video production team captures the grandmother explaining that, “When my daughter-in-law was pregnant we started planting all types of vegetables and as she ate variety of food and she could give birth to a healthy child”. Photo credit: Sarah Hogan, 2017
Grandfathers also play a key role in family responsibilities, like care giving. Photo credit: Sarah Hogan, 2017
After filming, the family sits together for a portrait. Photo credit: Peggy Koniz-Booher
A healthy, happy, child. Photo credit: Peggy Koniz-Booher