Ghana

Horticulture Innovation Lab in Ghana

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Project

Enhancing the production and consumption of AIVs to improve diets in Ghana and Mali

Enhancing the production and consumption of African indigenous fruits and vegetables (AIFV) to improve diets in Ghana and Mali

Led by Gloria Essilfie, University of Ghana

With emphasis 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.

Ghana, Mali

Promoting of food and nutrition security through indigenous fruits and vegetables in Ghana and Mali

Promoting food and nutrition security in the West African sub-region through indigenous, neglected and underutilized fruits and vegetables

Led by Dr. Freda E. Asem, University of Ghana

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

Ghana, Mali

Trainers talk to farmers about maintaining freshness and proper postharvest handling of various vegetable crops after harvest.

Opening a regional postharvest training center in Tanzania

Led by Diane Barrett, University of California, Davis

A year of training for postharvest experts from Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Ghana, Benin and Gabon culminates in the establishment of a model Postharvest and Training Services Center in Tanzania--which the new experts emulate in their home countries.

Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, Kenya, Benin, Gabon

Two women hold various orange bread loafs and cakes.

Strengthening the value chain for orange and purple sweet potatoes in Ghana

Led by Eunice Bonsi, Tuskegee University

In Ghana, the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency is high among children and pregnant women — and contributes to one in three of child deaths between the ages of 6 to 59 months. Sweet pota

Ghana

Evaluating cooling and drying technologies in various climates in Tanzania, Ghana, Honduras, Guatemala, Thailand

Led by Lizanne Wheeler, World Food Logistics Organization

This research project is a series of studies comparing cool storage tools and solar dryer designs.

Honduras, Guatemala, Tanzania, Ghana, Thailand

Improving marketing capacity for specialty crops in Ghana

Led by James Simon, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

This project expands economic opportunities for small-scale farmers in Ghana by enhancing their productivity and deepening market access and participation.

Ghana

Increasing nutrients in traditional diets with orange-fleshed sweet potatoes in Ghana

Led by Eunice Bonsi, Tuskegee University

Leading forms of malnutrition in developing countries are iron deficiency anemia and vitamin A deficiency, linked to lack of consumption of dark green leafy and orange vegetables.

Ghana

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture

Ghana

Horticulture Innovation Lab in Ghana

USAID Information

Enhancing the production and consumption of African indigenous fruits and vegetables (AIFV) to improve diets in Ghana and Mali

Promoting food and nutrition security in the West African sub-region through indigenous, neglected and underutilized fruits and vegetables

Opening a regional postharvest training center in Tanzania

Strengthening the value chain for orange and purple sweet potatoes in Ghana

Evaluating cooling and drying technologies in various climates in Tanzania, Ghana, Honduras, Guatemala, Thailand

Improving marketing capacity for specialty crops in Ghana

Increasing nutrients in traditional diets with orange-fleshed sweet potatoes in Ghana

Articles

Local Leadership and Indigenous Crops: How Ghana's Traditional Foods Could Transform Food Security

Workshops in Kenya and Ghana shaping the future of horticulture research in East and West Africa

New projects in Africa and Asia to help fruit and vegetable farmers, with a little help from U.S. university students

Sharing postharvest knowledge, from classroom to mango farm

Nine new Trellis Fund projects awarded

New Trellis Fund projects matched to students

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

Comfort Freeman

Richard Adu Amoah

Joris Gerald Niilante Amissah

Ama Pokuah Asenso Adu-Dartey

Charles Tortoe

Success story: From vine to flour, bridging gaps in sweet potato value chain

Regional fact sheet: Horticulture Innovation Lab in Western Africa

Value Chain Analysis for Selected Indigenous Vegetables in Ghana

Journal Article: Postharvest technologies for small-scale farmers in low- and middle-income countries; a call to action

West Africa Regional Horticulture Report

Preliminary Report on postharvest technologies.

Postharvest handling of mangos