Lightning talk: Horticulture and nutrition in Bangladesh

Description

Examining the effect of new technologies on the income, nutrition and health of households is the objective of the study discussed in this five-minute lightning talk by Angelos Deltsidis. Deltsidis is the International Postharvest Specialist for the Horticulture Innovation Lab; this project is a collaboration with the Nutrition Innovation lab at Tufts Univeristy.

Deltsidis outlines three technologies the project is implementing: the solar chimney dryer, CoolBot, and floating gardens. He discusses the reasons for each technology and briefly outlines the experience and results of implementation. 

This presentation was given at the 2016 Horticulture Innovation Lab annual meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Countries

Bangladesh