A year ago, she received vegetable seeds and Orange-Flesh Sweet Potato vines through the CASCADE Project. Today, she’s nurturing her home garden with biobased solutions, ensuring her family has access to nutritious food.
How did Maryam get started?
Through an Agricultural Input Fair, CASCADE connected women like Maryam with high-quality seeds from East-West Seed Nigeria-helping them start their own home gardens.
Maryam’s Journey so far.
Instead of selling the seeds, Maryam carefully planted them one by one and invested in fertilizers to help them thrive. Her goal? To grow enough food for her family of six-herself, her husband, and their four children! “I am very happy for this opportunity. Next time, I won’t be hungry.” Maryam said when sharing her goal for the future.
Scaling impact beyond Maryam!
Maryam’s story is part of a larger movement. Under CASCADE’s Women’s Empowerment Initiative, 38,439 women across Bauchi, Jigawa, Kebbi, and Nasarawa States have received support to grow, access, and consume healthier diets, ensuring long-term food and nutrition security.
This intervention is part of the CASCADE Project, a 4.5-year initiative under Domain 4 to increase women’s capacity and knowledge to benefit from nutrition-related policies, enabling them to produce, acquire, prepare, and consume healthy diets. Mariam’s success is a testament to how targeted agricultural support can transform lives, strengthen food security, and empower women to take charge of their well-being.
