Our global research network works with and promotes local leadership to advance horticulture and social innovations, empowering smallholder farmers to earn more income while better nourishing their communities.
The Horticulture Innovation Lab is managed by a team at the University of California, Davis, with funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development as part of the U.S. government's Feed the Future initiative. We partner with U.S. universities, international researchers, non-governmental organizations, national agricultural research institutes, private enterprise and foreign universities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Together, we collaborate on horticultural research that improves livelihoods in developing countries.
Management Entity team
The Horticulture Innovation Lab is managed by a team at UC Davis. Please see our management team directory for profiles of individuals in the management entity.
At UC Davis, the program is housed within the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, in the Department of Plant Sciences, with support from the International Programs Office.
Consortium organizations
With UC Davis as the lead, the Consortium includes Florida A&M, Michigan State University (MSU), Texas A&M, the World Vegetable Center (World Veg), Janelle Larson from Pennsylvania State University, Making Cents International (MCI), the Institute for Global Nutrition (IGN) at UC Davis, Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA), and the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC).
People directory - Global research network
The Horticulture Innovation Lab's global research network includes researchers from U.S. universities, international researchers, non-governmental organizations, national agricultural research institutes, private enterprise and foreign universities in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
The program collaborates with exceptional researchers who have expertise not only in fruit and vegetable production, but also in plant pathology, soil science, sociology, postharvest practices, agricultural education, tropical plants, resource economics, engineering and more. Each of our projects has partners from developing countries, and most projects are led by a principal investigator at a public university in the United States.
Explore our people directory to find profiles of principal investigators and select collaborators for current projects.
International Advisory Board
The program's advisory board includes a selection of experts from universities, private enterprise, and non-governmental organizations, with a wide selection of geographic representation and subject matter expertise.
Partner Organizations
Partnership and collaboration are critical to the success of the Horticulture Innovation Lab. Explore our list of partner organizations by continent, to find organizations our program works with now or has worked with in the past. It is important to note that the Horticulture Innovation Lab continues to further strengthen the capacity of its research network by partnering with new collaborators.