Ryspekova Aiperi is a student of the 10th grade of the secondary school named after Bolot Mambetov in the village of Tort-Kul.

As part of the Vegetable Production project, which has been operating at the school since January 2022, she received vegetable seeds and grew them in her garden. Aiperi is the eldest of five children, younger brothers and sisters helped in weeding, watering and picking vegetables.

“Since growing seeds from the project was a responsibility for me, I had to pay attention to watering and weeding in time, over time I became interested, my younger brothers and sisters came to my aid and I can say that I managed to educate them to work. The knowledge gained at the trainings helped me a lot in growing vegetables. The vegetables grown with their own hands are very tasty, and the parents were also satisfied,” says Aiperi.

To date, with the help of the Aiperi family, they have harvested vegetables, preserved them, prepared a salad and stocked up on vitamin preserves for the winter.

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The harvest of vegetable crops grown within the framework of the Vegetable Growing project is being harvested. Members of the farming groups provide vegetables to family members and prepare to store vegetables for the winter. Vegetables grown in the demonstration plots of the vocational school and secondary schools are also harvested and used in the kitchen to feed students.

"Production of vegetables" project is being implemented in the villages of Shor-Bulak, Kara-Koo, Eshperov, Tort-Kul and Bokonbaev of the Ton region. The project is financed by the International Seed Program (SPI - Seed Programs International) and implemented by the AVEP public fund.

Ainura Alikbayeva, a resident of the village of Eshperov. Ainura's husband has died and she is raising 10 children alone. This photo was taken with the children who stayed at home, the older ones work at different jobs to earn money in the summer, and the rest at the grandmother's on vacation. She herself works in a small tailoring workshop in the village.

Ainura was included in the group of women farmers in the village of Eshperov, created as part of a vegetable growing project. During the day she works in a sewing workshop, and after work she works with the children in the garden, growing seeds of vegetables received as part of the project. To date, they have begun harvesting vegetables, the radish is the first to ripen, and the children ate about 0.5 kg per day for 20 days. Dill, broccoli, cauliflower, Beijing cabbage and cucumbers have begun to ripen. By adding them to your daily diet, preparing salads feed children. She sold the surplus at the market for 4600 soms and bought other products for her children. To date, if vegetables that are eaten at home with children are included, Ainura has earned 9,050 soms growing vegetables.

Also in the garden grow white cabbage, carrots, beets, bell peppers, tomatoes, eggplants. “the harvest and these vegetables will be used for daily food, the surplus will be sold or harvested for the winter,” says Ainura. From these vegetables it is planned to receive the same income as indicated above. Then, Ainura will receive about 18,000.00 soms of income from growing vegetables, which is a big support for Ainura's family budget, and it can be said that the funds were saved for the purchase of school supplies for children.

Within the framework of the project “Production of Vegetables”, funded by the Seed Program International (SPI – Seed Programs International) and implemented by the public fund “AVEP”, 5 demonstration plots were organized in the Ton district, where vegetables are grown and are currently harvested. On August 4, 2022, a demonstration day was held at the vocational school No. 81 in the village of Bokonbaeva. Director of the vocational school Toktosunov T. opened the event and provided information about the work carried out within the framework of the project. This event was attended by teachers and students of the school participating in the project, members of farmer groups. The participants exchanged experiences, and the teacher in agronomy of the vocational school Zh. Alamanova answered the questions of the participants. The participants of the demonstration day also made a presentation about their work within the framework of the project and held master classes on salads, dishes, desserts and counterfeits from vegetable crops. During lunch, concert numbers were performed and expressed wishes to each other, expressed gratitude to the organizations implementing the project. In the final part, the work performed by the groups within the framework of the project was evaluated: the state of the demonstration sites, a presentation on the activities of the group within the framework of the project, master classes and creative performances. The 3rd place was awarded to the schools of Kara-Koo and Tort-Kul villages, the 2nd place was awarded to the farmer group of Shor-Bulak village, the 1st place was awarded to the vocational school No. 81, the Grand Prix was awarded to the farmer group from Esheprov and awards were presented.