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As part of Feed the Future, the Horticulture Innovation Lab has conducted research in Nepal focused on improving fruit and vegetable production, conservation agriculture practices, and improving local seed systems.

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

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Promoting conservation agriculture for vegetable growers in Cambodia and Nepal

Led by Manuel Reyes, Kansas State University

In regions of Cambodia and Nepal, water can be scarce for extended periods, negatively affecting horticultural crop production and food security.

Cambodia, Nepal

Young man takes notes, while older man points to a plant in a field with two women to discuss

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

The Horticulture Innovation Lab has awarded 15 new Trellis Fund grants to organizations in Africa and Asia, matching these new projects to 16 graduate students who will provide agriculture expertise requested by the organizations.

Technology display at the Demonstration Center included drip irrigation, water tank, chimney solar dryer.

Demonstration Center at Kasetsart University

In 2012, a Demonstration Center in Thailand was developed by the Horticulture Innovation Lab in collaboration with Kasetstart University; it was then referred to as the "Horticulture CRSP Regional Center of Innovation at Kasetsart University."

Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, Thailand

Grad student woman looking at paper test indicator offered by a Nepalese man, with group looking on at farm

UH Manoa student helps with farmers’ first soil tests in Nepal

Editor’s note: Tiare Silvasy is a master’s student in Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa who participated in a Trellis Fund project led by th

Nine new Trellis Fund projects awarded

The Horticulture Innovation Lab has announced nine new projects led by organizations in Africa and Asia as part of its Trellis Fund program.

Wooden poles hold up plastic sheeting, inside of a greenhouse

Nepal: When greenhouses become tents

In January, our office sent Beth Mitcham to visit farmers in Nepal for the launch of a research project, with partners Manny Reyes and International Development Enterprises (iDE). At the same time, Britta Hansen from UC Davis worked in Nepal with faculty from Kasetsart University to provide a training on improving postharvest practices.

Jars of seed with zeolite drying beads, Horticulture Innovation Lab

‘Dry chain’ partnership helps farmers store seed better

A partnership between university scientists and a private technology company has sprouted both new concepts and new tools that can help vegetable farmers in developing countries access better seeds.

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