Findings and recommendations on composting as an important input to successful school and home gardening are presented. Using the compost in bag gardens and/or flatbed school gardens improved nutrient supply to needy garden plants. However, successful compost production depended on the availability of key inputs (both carbon rich materials and the green nitrogen-rich materials). In the drier, semi-arid villages of Chinoje and Mzula, composting proved difficult and instead the use of farm yard manure was emphasized.
