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Each year, Inter Pares counterpart Tiniguena, in Guinea-Bissau carries out a learning visit with local youth to different regions of the country. In 2019, the visit focused on the importance of local agriculture for a healthy society and planet. Here are just a few moments captured during the visit that feature the natural bounty and delicious food grown by women in Guinea-Bissau.

Rice harvest.

Rice harvest in the town of Ancadaque.
(Credit: Tiniguena)

Crab soup.

Good nutrition must be complete, varied and balanced. Eat foods of every color and every group, every day, in balanced portions. It is important to avoid excess, including salt, sugars and fats, which can lead to diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and obesity.
(Credit: Tiniguena)

Basket of organic vegetables produced by the women of the village of Abu.

It is recommended to consume natural and diversified foods, seasonal, locally produced: eat natural, eat local!
(Credit: Tiniguena)

A woman milking her cow in Cabuca, Boé.

Informed consumers prefer fresh and home-grown products to highly processed foods of dubious origin and quality.
(Credit: Tiniguena)

Abu vegetable garden.

Peasant agriculture is the basis for producing healthy and natural foods, with better nutritional quality. It contributes to safeguarding agricultural biodiversity and benefits the farmer, as well as local and national economies.
(Credit: Tiniguena)

Freshly caught tilapias.

(Credit: Tiniguena)