A worker loading a wheelbarrow with cinder blocks for the construction of vegetable garden containers in an urban garden center launched by FAO and the Venezuelan Government.
FAO Project TCP/VEN/2901 (3/II/VEN/067): Urban and peri-urban agriculture to improve nutrition and livelihoods of poor families -- part of the Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS) in Venezuela. Caracas embraces city gardening for improved nutrition, jobs. As urban populations soar, authorities consider how to augment fresh food supply.