3.3. Growth and production of vegetables and its consumption athousehold levelThe fastest growing vegetables produced in IFCAS were cucum-ber (Cucumis sativus), snake gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina),Indian spinach (Basella alba) and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum).During 5 months of operation, two vegetable crops were pro-duced, each within 2.5 months. Cucumber, snake gourd, bittergourd (Momordica charantia), and Indian spinach were grownduring July–September and, flat beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), bot-tle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) and tomato were grown duringOctober–December. The average total production of vegetable perIFCAS for four months in HSP and MSP (Table 2) did not differ sig-nificantly (p > 0.05). Consumption of vegetables from IFCAS startedone and a half months after the start of the experiment. All of thevegetables produced in IFCAS (Fig. 4) were consumed by farminghouseholds themselves.