Permagarden Foundations Course
This online course offers an introduction to the Permagarden Approach (i.e., Resilience Design at the household-level). It provides users with a foundational understanding of key permagarden concepts, terms, and practices. Topics include water management, building living soils, biodiversity, and how to develop and maintain your permagarden.
The course offers supplemental materials, including ‘how to’ documents and videos, as well as homework to support users’ further learning. Users are encouraged to use the supplemental materials to support the successful implementation of a permagarden.
This course was developed under the Mercy Corps-led, USAID/Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA)-funded Strengthening Capacity in Agriculture, Livelihoods & Environment (SCALE) Award. It is a key resource for practitioners working with farmers in emergency and early recovery, risk reduction and resilience (ER4) programs to incorporate permagardens into their household growing systems. It is applicable to program staff with a variety of technical backgrounds – including in agriculture, nutrition, health, WASH, protection, infrastructure and natural resource management (NRM) – who are supporting farmers to achieve food security, nutrition and market-related goals. The course can be taken as an individual or with a group and is open to anyone with an interest in learning more about permagardens.
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