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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.

USAID Mission Links

Feed the Future: Kenya

USAID/Kenya

"Assessing Feasibility of Pest Exclusion Nets" words on photo of a large net hoophouse with two men in front, title slide with logos

5-minute lesson: Assessing feasibility of pest exclusion nets

Presentation, 2017 annual meeting

Title slide from Improving Nutrition and Income Generation with African Indigenous Vegetables

5-minute lesson: Improving nutrition and incomes with African indigenous vegetables

Presentation, 2017 annual meeting

"BASELINE SURVEY, Stakeholder AWARENESS of and INTEREST in using GRAFTING and GREENHOUSES in Tomato Production" first page

Baseline survey results: Interest in grafting and greenhouses for tomato in Kenya

Report

Strengthening the value chain for African indigenous vegetables in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia

Led by Stephen Weller, Purdue University

This research project seeks to support and strengthen the African indigenous vegetable industry using a market-first approach to overcoming constraints along the value chain, leading to improv

Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia

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

Increasing smallholder use of grafting and tunnels for tomatoes and peppers in Kenya

Led by Matt Kleinhenz, The Ohio State University

This project provides information and strategies to improve tomato and pepper production through the use of grafting and low/high tunnel technologies among smallholder growers in Kirinyaga District

Kenya

Testing a gender-tailored extension model in Kenya

Led by Steven Fennimore, University of California, Davis

Leadership development is key to sustained improvements in agricultural production in developing countries particularly in the rural areas.

Kenya

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