Guinea

Horticulture Innovation Lab in Guinea

As part of Feed the Future, the Horticulture Innovation Lab has conducted research in Guinea focused on improving the horticulture value chain, establishing a horticulture hub, partnering with youth, and improving postharvest practices.

The Horticulture Innovation Lab first started working in Guinea in the wake of the Ebola outbreak, when the program was commissioned to assess horticulture value chains in Guinea including constraints and opportunities at the household and commercial levels. 

USAID report cover with Guinean woman farmer showing vegetables in solar dryer

Rapid Assessment of the Horticulture Sector in Guinea

Find out more about horticulture in Guinea from this 2015 report commissioned by USAID, including aspects of the horticulture sector such as input markets, pest management, entrepreneurship, postharvest, nutrition, policy, and human institutional capacity development. Crops such as peppers, okra, eggplant, tomato, mango and citrus are also discussed.

This page includes links to Horticulture Innovation Lab research projects, major partners and partner organizations based in Guinea, along with blog articles and information products with a focus on horticulture in Guinea.

USAID Information

Project

group plant pineapple demonstration plot in Guinea

Establishing a horticulture center in Guinea

This project's goal is to introduce novel technologies that will improve production practices and reduce postharvest losses in Guinea. These technologies will be delivered through a market-driven and youth-led Horticulture Training and Services Center in Kindia, Guinea.
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Articles

Dried slices of pineapple on wire grid

Young entrepreneurs help Guinea’s farmers access postharvest innovation

Posted on November 15, 2017
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.
Group visits pineapple plot at demonstration center in Guinea

Opening a center for horticulture innovations in Guinea

Posted on September 27, 2017
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.
Woman farmers with tray of dried okra

New report on horticulture in Guinea, after Ebola

Posted on December 16, 2015

In the wake of the Ebola outbreak, the Horticulture Innovation Lab was asked to evaluate fruit and vegetable production in Guinea, as part of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s ongoing response in the region.