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6 lessons from postharvest loss assessments in Rwanda

Gurbinder Gill highlights findings from a study of postharvest losses across four value chains in Rwanda, including tomatoes, peppers, bananas and sweet potatoes -- and what the findings mean for the horticulture sector.

7 ways that gender matters in western Honduras

Gender norms define the roles and responsibilities of women and men at the individual, household, community and societal level. Here are seven ways gender norms influence and pervade key aspects of food security.

Guatemalan ag technician kneeling, holds drip tape on farmland with tomatoes growing in the background

5 lessons for expanding drip irrigation among smallholder farmers

Meagan Terry writes about lessons learned from the MasRiego project in Guatemala, focused on drip irrigation and climate resilience. Though its name means “more irrigation” in Spanish, this project does more than just install drip irrigation systems.

farmer selling fresh vegetables to a woman from bins in a trailer

Cambodian farmers reach new buyers with a fresh approach

Leaning into her tuktuk, Eang Chakriya opens a cooler and takes out fresh vegetables that have been carefully packed and chilled, showing them to a group of neighbors to purchase.

Meet Archie Jarman: Q&A with Horticulture Innovation Lab’s new program officer

Editor’s note: Archie Jarman joined the Horticulture Innovation Lab team as its new program officer, just in time to participate in the program’s annual meeting in March.

UC Davis ‘DryCard’ invention wins competition to reduce food loss in Africa

A new invention from UC Davis researchers won a competition as the top emerging technology to reduce food loss and waste across the African continent.

dried tomatoes photo by Brenda Dawson UC Davis

Inventing a low-cost solution to reduce moldy foods

UC Davis researchers invented a low-cost, easy-to-use tool that farmers can use to measure food dryness to improve food safety and quality, called the DryCard.

5 ways Trellis Fund grants generate impact

As student manager of the Trellis Fund, Elyssa Lewis writes experiences and impacts from this program that matches graduate students to organizations in developing countries for short-term horticulture projects.

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Building trust in food systems – here and in Cambodia

What is the role of trust in our food system? It can be easy to forget that trust is a critical first step in many agricultural relationships. Establishing trust between actors in a food system has been critical for a project in Cambodia focused on increasing availability of safe vegetables for Cambodian consumers.

Consulting with a farmer during a previous Trellis Fund project led by the Mwino Group in Uganda, with Alex Greenspan of UC Davis.

New call for Trellis Fund grant proposals

The Horticulture Innovation Lab invites organizations in developing countries to compete for new Trellis Fund grants up to $4,000 each for 6-month projects, to extend horticultural information to local farmers and stakeholders along fruit or vegetable value chains.

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