Dr. Debra Roberts - MILE

2Food Security• Phase 1: Test yields of potential new staplecrops (e.g. wheat, dry beans, pumpkins,madumbes, sorghum, sweet potatoes andcassava)• Crop trials (including maize) in two pilotcommunities, and at two sites to thenorth of the province (Empangeni andMakhathini).• Further impact assessment and outcome oftrials suggest that by shifting planting datesand providing irrigation it will be possible toensure maize productivity in the future.Ntuzuma – winter planting• Phase 2: Test social acceptability –community cookoff.• Phase 3: Conclusions and recommendations.Makhathini – summer plantingEThekwini Municipality