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As part of Feed the Future, the Horticulture Innovation Lab has conducted research in Bangladesh focused on low-cost horticulture technologies, nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions, and seed system improvements.

This page includes links to Horticulture Innovation Lab research projects, major partners and partner organizations based in Bangladesh, along with blog articles and information products with a focus on horticulture in Bangladesh.

USAID Mission Links

Feed the Future: Bangladesh

USAID/Bangladesh Mission

Innovative floating garden design to support food security in rural Bangladesh

Poster

Nutrition Innovation Lab in Bangladesh

Informative website

Poster: 2014 update: The Dry Chain Can Maintain Seed Quality in Humid Regions

2014 Project update: Dry chain can maintain seed quality in humid regions

Poster, 2014 annual meeting

title slide- Horticulture Innovation Lab, Regional Center at Kasetsart University

Lightning talk: Regional Center at Kasetsart University in Thailand

Presentation, Video, 2016 annual meeting

Conference speakers and panel at food safety meeting in Bangladesh

Increasing food safety through a regional consortium in Bangladesh and India

Led by Ronnie Coffman, Cornell University

The horticulture sector in Bangladesh produces 3.2 million metric tons per year, but small-scale farmers suffer economic losses due to lack of high-yielding varieties, postharvest technologies, foo

Bangladesh

Amrita Mukherjee

Former employee
University of California, Davis

Amrita Mukherjee previously worked as an assistant specialist on a Horticulture Innovation Lab project in Bangladesh focused on examining nutrition impacts of horticultural innovations.

amukherjee@ucdavis.edu

"Scaling and commercialization of drying technologies for improved horticultural seed and processing quality" title slide

Lightning talk: Commercialization of drying technologies for horticultural seed

Presentation, 2016 annual meeting

Women seated on a mat sort through labeled packets of seeds

Strengthening indigenous seed systems in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam

Led by Rick Bates, The Pennsylvania State University

Informal seed systems provide access to locally adapted indigenous crops and constitute an essential component of sustainable production for resource-poor farmers.

Thailand, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam

Representative shows jar of seeds and drying beads to television reporter in Thailand.

Implementing drying beads for seeds in Asia and Africa

Led by Kent Bradford, University of California, Davis

Improving the ability of smallholder farmers to access high-quality seeds of improved varieties of horticultural crops is fundamental to increasing farmer productivity and incomes.

Nepal, Bangladesh, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda

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