A fellowship-oriented program that provides seed funding to higher-education students in Honduras to conduct small-scale research projects across the horticulture value chain. Students will be guided through a grant drafting and submission training program to increase capacity in applying for funding. Awarded applications will receive funding and expertise to implement research projects.

For highland farmers who face elevated risks due to climate change, this project identifies the most effective protective structures, irrigation technologies, harvest and postharvest management practices to ensure the production of high-quality, safe and nutritious produce.

By investigating how actors along the value chain can increase income through enhanced production and consumption of and African indigenous fruit and vegetable (AIFVs) in Ghana and Mali, this project will uncover the significant role AIFVs have in global food and nutrition security.

Through a focus on the promotion of women and youth-led enterprises, this project raises consumer awareness of the nutritional benefits of African indigenous fruits and vegetables (AIFVs) for dietary diversity, while increasing incomes for all actors along the value chain.

A project focused on improving the livelihoods of small-scale producer women and youth farmers through increased productivity, reducing postharvest losses, and enhancing market access to African indigenous vegetables (AIVs).

This project provides employment opportunities in the horticulture sector through youth engagement with climate-smart soil management practices and digital tools to enhance African indigenous fruit and vegetable (AIFV) production.

This project engages youth in gender-inclusive horticultural enterprise through the identification of profitable opportunities and creation of an effective funding policy framework, thus empowering young entrepreneurs to select and run successful horticultural businesses.

The theory of change in this project identified the problem of losses in horticultural crops during the pre-harvest, post-harvest and marketing stages in Uganda. The overall goal of this project is to increase financial independence and improve the livelihoods of small-scale women vegetable farmers. To achieve this goal, we will evaluate different agronomic practices for reduced loss; evaluate different postharvest practices for reduced loss in vegetables; and evaluate different marketing and market access strategies for vegetables by women farmers. This is expected to lead to improved household nutrition status; increased sales of vegetables; and increased household income status of small-scale women farmers.

A project focused on the impacts of long and short horticultural value chains on nutrition, economic and social 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.

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 women and youth entrepreneurship development.