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Student with notepad listens as Ugandans point out problems with a citrus tree.

Horticulture CRSP Trellis Fund offers grad students experience, adventure

The Horticulture Collaborative Research Support Program has just released a new call for Trellis Fund project proposals and student applicants, as the program prepares to fund a third round of projects that will begin July 1.

Woman leads a discussion over a table of vegetables on plates and in bags with a group of farmers who are listening

New Postharvest Training and Services Center graduates its first crop of master trainers

Horticulture Innovation Lab researchers completed a year-long training for 36 postharvest “master trainers” from seven different African countries and opened a new Postharvest Training and Services Center in Tanzania.

Honoring the legacy of Adel Kader — advisor, friend, postharvest leader

Dr. Adel Kader, professor emeritus in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, died Dec. 10 at the age of 71. He joined the UC Davis faculty in 1972 and served the University of California for more than 35 years, continuing to be active after retirement in both postharvest and horticultural development — including serving on Horticulture CRSP's International Advisory Board.

Kenyan staff member shows American student plant detail with farmers in background, in Kenya

Projects send grad students abroad to work with smallholder farmers

Second round of Trellis Fund projects awarded

Beginning this month, U.S.

Horticulture CRSP Selects Program Council

The management team of Horticulture CRSP has assembled a Program Council that will guide the activities of Horticulture CRSP through the first few months of activities until the International Advisory Board i

Horticulture CRSP participates in Gates Foundation workshop

UC Davis and the World Food Logistics Organization hosted a three-day workshop on appropriate postharvest technologies for small-scale horticultural farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

New horticulture program to span globe

Intent on helping the world’s poorest people break out of a persistent cycle of poverty by producing and marketing high-value crops, the U.S. Agency for International Development has selected UC Davis to lead a new $15 million, five-year global Horticulture Collaborative Research Support Program.

Horticulture CRSP Launch

The Horticulture CRSP team held a seminar on the UC Davis campus to officially launch the Horticulture Collaborative Research Support Program. Dr. Larry Paulson and Jim Yazman from USAID in Washington, D.C. participated in the launch and Dr.

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