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As part of Feed the Future, the Horticulture Innovation Lab has conducted research in Kenya focused on African indigenous vegetables, pest-exclusion nets, seed systems, postharvest practices, improving nutrition, and other topics critical to advancing horticulture in Kenya.

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

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Enhancing productivity, post-harvest management, and market access of African indigenous vegetables in Kenya

Led by Mumina Shibia, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)

A project focused on improving the livelihoods of small-scale producer women and youth farmers through increasing productivity, reducing postharvest losses, and enhancing market access to African indigenous vegetables (AIVs).

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Mumina Shibia

Principal Investigator
Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)

Mumina Guyo Shibia has a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics from Texas Tech University in the United States (graduated Dec. 2019), an MS and a BS in Agricultural and Applied Economics, and a Diploma in Agricultural Education and Extension from Egerton University in Kenya.

mumina.shibia@kalro.org

Fridah Githuku

Principal Investigator
GROOTS Kenya

Fridah is the Executive Director of GROOTS Kenya, a national movement of grassroots women and girls.

fridah.githuku@gmail.com

Small-scale producers in tomato greenhouse.

Determining the trade-offs between short and long horticulture value chains in Kenya

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, economic and social 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.

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Willis Owino

Principal Investigator
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Willis Owino is an Associate Professor at the Department of Food Science and Technology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.

willis@agr.jkuat.ac.ke

Woman small-scale producer with woman researcher in field of corn and other vegetable horticultural crops.

Determining the cost-benefit of integrating horticulture into staple crop production in Kenya

Led by Kwadwo Danso-Mensah, International Center for Evaluation and Development , University of Ghana

Focused on a successful transition for women 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.

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Solomon Walelign

International Center for Evaluation and Development

Solomon Zena Walelign is a Director of Research at the International Centre for Evaluation and Development. He is also a Consultant at the World Bank, an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Gondar, and a Research Fellow at Ethiopian Policy Studies Institute.

swalelign@iced-eval.org

East Africa Regional Horticulture Report

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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture

Kenya

-1.2920659, 36.8219462

Enhancing productivity, post-harvest management, and market access of African indigenous vegetables in Kenya

Mumina Shibia

Fridah Githuku

Determining the trade-offs between short and long horticulture value chains in Kenya

Willis Owino

Determining the cost-benefit of integrating horticulture into staple crop production in Kenya

Solomon Walelign

East Africa Regional Horticulture Report

Willis Owino

Solomon Walelign

Dr. Peninah Mueni Yumbya

Dr. David Sarfo Ameyaw

Thibaud Martin