A new global report, “Feeding the World in a Changing Climate”, has revealed that US$443 billion a year is needed to help small-scale family farmers adapt to the growing impacts of climate change. The analysis, conducted by Climate Focus for Family Farmers for Climate Action (FFCA), underscores that current finance flows to smallholders amount to just 0.36% of what is required.

This manual is intended to assist our farmers and nursery owners on how to grow high quality vegetable seedlings and also how to run a vegetable seedling nursery as a business. Through some of the tips in this manual it is expected that nurseries will be better equipped to handle natural disasters so that farmers can have a quick and ready access to seedlings to rehabilitate after a natural disaster. It is also hoped that our farmers and nursery owners with greater knowledge and skills will increase their income by producing more quality vegetables.