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Increasingly frequent, intense shocks and stresses threaten the ability of idividuals and families to emerge from poverty in a sustainable way.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
To improve food system outcomes, such as accessible and affordable healthy diets, this project explores the role of mid-stream actors in alleviating value chain challenges that impact the affordability and availability of healthy and safe foods for urban consumers.
This project forms an international team of researchers and extension experts to gather preliminary information about current extension methodologies used in Latin America.
Guatemala, Honduras, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru
Led by
Kurt Kornbluth, University of California, Davis , UC Davis D-Lab
Among the most promising disruptive technologies for application to horticulture are those that address the uses of energy in the production, marketing, and processing of horticultural crops.
The rapid growth of Fair Trade certification offers the potential for empowering small-scale farmers via access to high-value markets and support for community development and sustainable prod
Led by
Alan Bennett, University of California, Davis
Led by Alan Bennett of UC Davis, this international team supports the ornamental business in Honduras as a means to drive development of a local high-value industry, increase trade, and develo
