**3.4 Training of local population on vegetable fortification of foods**

The MicroVeg value addition team with the support of the extension personnel trained a total of 5466 persons (68% women) across 25 locations on the promising value addition innovations between September 2016 and July 2017. The training focused on various aspects of vegetable leaf drying, especially the use of a locally designed charcoal-fired system and the production of vegetable-enriched products based on practical demonstrations and video instructions. During the practical sessions, women had hands-on experience producing some of the vegetable-fortified pastry products. The team also trained 100 bakery owners in southwest Nigeria on the practical production of vegetable fortified bread. A combination of video and practical demonstrations of the entire process of vegetable fortification of baked products was used during the training exercise. Participants at the different training sessions also participated in sensory evaluation of the bread and pastry products. In order to create awareness on the nutritional values of vegetables and vegetable-fortified products, the MicroVeg project sponsored daily enlightenment programs on local radio stations. The radio programs reached an estimated 5 million listeners every day in southwest Nigeria. For enhanced technology transfer to the local population (especially women in rural areas), the recipes for green bread and vegetable leaf-fortified snacks have been translated into the local language (Yoruba), the main spoken language in Southwest Nigeria (**Table 4**).
