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Horticulture Innovation Lab research on fruit and vegetable production examine field practices that improve yields, decrease drudgery, and make farming more profitable for smallholder farmers.
Led by
Mumina Shibia, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)
A project focused on improving the livelihoods of small-scale producer farmers through increasing productivity, reducing postharvest losses, and enhancing market access to African indigenous vegetables (AIVs).
Led by
Rolando Cifuentes, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG)
For highland farmers who face elevated risks due to weather change, this project identifies the most effective protective structures, irrigation technologies, practices to improve soil health, and postharvest management practices to ensure the production of high-quality, safe, and nutritious produce.
Led by
Ram Khadka, Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC)
To ensure long-term food and nutritional security for farmers in Nepal, this project focuses on developing accessible technologies to reduce soil-borne pathogens to increase vegetable production yields.
Focused on improving the income and livelihoods of local producers, this project identifies protective structures that maximize horticultural production and quality, and enhancements for access to postharvest technology and market linkages.
This project engages youth in horticultural enterprise through the identification of profitable opportunities and creation of an effective financing framework, thus empowering young entrepreneurs to select and run successful horticultural businesses.
With emphasis on the promotion of youth-led enterprises, this project raises consumer awareness of the nutritional benefits of African indigenous fruits and vegetables (AIFVs), while increasing incomes for all actors along the value chain.
Providing a deeper understanding of the significant role African indigenous fruit and vegetable (AIFVs) have in global food and nutrition security, this project investigates how actors along the value chain can increase income through enhanced production and consumption of and AIFVs in Ghana and Mali.
This research aims to increase employment opportunities in the horticulture sector through youth engagement with efficient soil management practices and digital tools to enhance African indigenous fruit and vegetable (AIFV) production.
Led by
Willis Owino, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
A project focused on the impacts of long and short horticultural value chains on nutrition and economic outcomes, and the utilization of information communication technologies (ICTs) within these value chains, to determine the interventions and innovations required to achieve specific outcomes and avoid harmful unintended scaling outcomes.
Through identification of practices to reduce pre- and post-harvest losses, along with effective marketing and market access strategies of vegetables, this project will improve household nutrition, increase sales, and elevate the household income status small-scale vegetable producers.
Led by
Kalyani Tripathi, Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU)
This project focuses on enhancing urban and peri-urban community access to nutrient-rich fruits and vegetables, while creating employment opportunities for the local community, and promoting youth entrepreneurship development.
Led by
Kwadwo Danso-Mensah, International Center for Evaluation and Development , University of Ghana
Focused on a successful transition for small-scale producers in their shift from staple to horticulture production, this project examines the trade-offs across nutritious diet, income, land use and time availability, for small-scale producers in Kenya.
Also called MásRiego, this project develops and implements holistic, business-driven solutions to increase availability of weather resilient solutions while increasing inclusion.
Led by
James Simon, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
This project's research will support and strengthen African indigenous vegetable industries using a market-first, science-driven approach that connects stakeholders along the value chain.
This research project seeks to support and strengthen the African indigenous vegetable industry using a market-first approach to overcoming constraints along the value chain, leading to improv
The goal of this project is to understand how integrated animal-horticulture systems are most feasible for smallholders by rigorously addressing — through interdisciplinary research — the potential of these systems with regard to sustainable production capacity, income generation, and gender dimensions.
Led by
William "Vance" Baird, Michigan State University
Research results show that using AgroNets (also known as Eco-Friendly Nets) in vegetable production leads to increased yields of marketable produce, while simultaneously reducing or eliminating the
Led by
James Simon, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
This project expands economic opportunities for small-scale farmers in Ghana by enhancing their productivity and deepening market access and participation.
Bell pepper production in Central America and the Caribbean has become one of the main agricultural commodities for export to the United States and the European Union.
Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Haiti
Horticulture crop production, a woman's domain in parts of Southeast Asia, is plagued by yield losses because of drought and unequal opportunities for women.
This project provides information and strategies to improve tomato and pepper production through the use of grafting and low/high tunnel technologies among smallholder growers in Kirinyaga District
Led by
Darcy Boellstorff, Bridgewater State University
Led by Darcy Boellstorff of Bridgewater State University, this project's international team is focused on acquiring needed geographic information for use in a geographic information system (GI
