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As part of Feed the Future, the Horticulture Innovation Lab has conducted research in Rwanda focused on reducing postharvest losses for fruit and vegetable crops, advancing local postharvest expertise, and improving local seed systems, among other topics critical to horticulture development. 

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

USAID Mission Links
Feed the Future: Rwanda
USAID/Rwanda Mission
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
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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