• Short growing season because of high altitude and low

  1

  rainfall
  

• Fresh vegetables imported by lorry or by

  2

  air
  , so are expensive

• Need to use sunlight to prevent local plants from

  3

  freezing
  

• Previous programmes to provide greenhouses were

  4

  unsuccessful
  

• Simple and to build

  5

  cheap
  

• Made mainly from local materials (mud or stone for the walls, wood and

  6

  grass
   for the roof)

• Building and maintenance done by local craftsmen

• Runs solely on

  7

  solar
   energy

• Only families who have a suitable

  8

  site
   can own one

Design

• Long side faces south

• Strong polythene cover

• Inner

  9

  walls
   are painted black or white

• Owners’ status is improved

• Rural

  10

  women
   have greater opportunities

• More children are educated