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Woman leads a discussion over a table of vegetables on plates and in bags with a group of farmers who are listening

New Postharvest Training and Services Center graduates its first crop of master trainers

Horticulture Innovation Lab researchers completed a year-long training for 36 postharvest “master trainers” from seven different African countries and opened a new Postharvest Training and Services Center in Tanzania.

Honoring the legacy of Adel Kader — advisor, friend, postharvest leader

Dr. Adel Kader, professor emeritus in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, died Dec. 10 at the age of 71. He joined the UC Davis faculty in 1972 and served the University of California for more than 35 years, continuing to be active after retirement in both postharvest and horticultural development — including serving on Horticulture CRSP's International Advisory Board.

Kenyan staff member shows American student plant detail with farmers in background, in Kenya

Projects send grad students abroad to work with smallholder farmers

Second round of Trellis Fund projects awarded

Beginning this month, U.S.

Horticulture CRSP participates in Gates Foundation workshop

UC Davis and the World Food Logistics Organization hosted a three-day workshop on appropriate postharvest technologies for small-scale horticultural farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

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