The Philippines - Mindanao - Farmer harvesting loofah from his vegetable garden

Vegetable and rice farmer, Geronio Ayson picks loofahs from his garden in Pamantingan, Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. Geronio and his wife Teodora have half an acre of vegetable gardens. They inter-crop a huge variety of vegetables including cucumber, green beans, peppers, loofah, green chilli, eggplant, squash and banana. They learnt about inter-cropping and making organic fertiliser at Oxfam's Climate Resiliency Field Schools.

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Vegetable and rice farmer, Geronio Ayson picks loofahs from his garden in Pamantingan, Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat province, Mindanao Island, The Philippines. Geronio and his wife Teodora have half an acre of vegetable gardens. They inter-crop a huge variety of vegetables including cucumber, green beans, peppers, loofah, green chilli, eggplant, squash and banana. They learnt about inter-cropping and making organic fertiliser at Oxfam's Climate Resiliency Field Schools.