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How a vegetable greenhouse bests the African sun

"We live in Mzimba, a small town in a large rural area of Malawi where our neighbors struggle every day with poverty and lack of food due to poor soil and a long and dry, hot season," writes Huguette Ostiguy at Global Sisters Report. "Last year, our small community of sisters wondered what we could do to help ourselves and our neighbors accomplish zero hunger, one of the United Nations sustainable development goals. Challenged to consider what actions here could help end hunger and poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all, we looked to our community garden and thought about shade.

"We had recently heard about a new material that was being used to make garden shades in other places of Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. It was successful in helping to cut down the impact of our scorching sun on vegetable gardens. After some investigation, we decided to build our own vegetable greenhouse.

"Our greenhouse is very different from the traditional type used in cold countries where heat is needed to grow vegetables and flowers during winter. Here in Malawi we need to protect vegetables from the sun, especially during the hot and dry season from May to December. Growing vegetables where the average annual temperature is 92 degrees Fahrenheit, with only five months of rain, is a challenge. Often, families are hungry for about half the year."

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