One-Home-One-Food Garden Project

The One-Home-One-Food Garden Project aimed to reach poorer households in COVID-19 hotspot areas across the Western Cape, through the establishment of food gardens. This intervention provided beneficiaries with the opportunity to become food producers, enabling them to graduate to subsistence farmers and smallholder food production packages offered by the Department. Subsequently, beneficiaries could obtain practical experience in the production of home-grown food, as well as recognise the advantage of nutritious and fresh food for their families, thereby realising food security.  Support is provided in the form of different types of vegetable seedlings, seed compost and fertiliser, or chickens with feed. During the period 1 October 2019 to 30 September 2020, a total of 2 436 household gardens were planted across the eight districts. Follow-up support to established food gardens is provided on a continuous basis.