A Horticulture Innovation Lab team hosted the first-ever “Rwanda Postharvest Week,” in Kigali recently, with five days of training and conference events culminating in the Postharvest Innovation Competition awards.
Graduate students invited to intern with farmers and young entrepreneurs in West Africa, at a new Horticulture Training and Services Center. Apply by July 1.
A new innovation competition focused on emerging postharvest technologies has started in Rwanda, with cash awards totaling $50,000 available to selected winners.
Elizabeth Mitcham shared her postharvest expertise on fresh produce quality during a segment on ABC News’ Good Morning America - along with tips for keeping fruits and vegetables safe at home.
A brief annual report is now available from the Horticulture Innovation Lab, with contributions from all of the global network’s research teams and accomplishments from 2016-2017.
The Horticulture Innovation Lab has awarded 15 new Trellis Fund grants to organizations in Africa and Asia, matching these new projects to 16 graduate students who will provide agriculture expertise requested by the organizations.
Sometimes it helps to reconnect with what motivates your work. For Karin Albornoz, Ph.D. student, that means getting out of the lab and working with small-scale farmers to improve postharvest handling practices.
Julia Jordan, UC Davis graduate student, writes about her experience working with Busitema University students considering gender issues in relation to designing irrigation solutions.
At 29, Fatoumata Cissoko dries pineapple for her business in West Africa and has already spent three years trying out different drying methods on her parents’ farm in Guinea. She is confident of the entrepreneurial opportunities that are found after harvest — and she is working to share her knowledge with more farmers.
In Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni attended a graduation ceremony this month at Busitema University, lauding the institution and its students for their work with irrigation innovations.
Q&A with Nick Reitz, doctoral student in the UC Davis Department of Food Science and Technology, who participated in a Trellis Fund project led by the Methodist University College Ghana.
Andra Williams writes about progress in Guinea, where she has been working for the Horticulture Innovation Lab to help open a new horticulture training and services center, with young entrepreneurs called "AVENIR" agents.