Tanzania

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As part of Feed the Future, the Horticulture Innovation Lab has conducted research in Tanzania focused on advancing local expertise in postharvest practices, low-cost postharvest technologies, African indigenous vegetable production, seed systems, and other topics.

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

Developing a concentrated solar dryer in Tanzania

Led by Diane Barrett,

Women carry out most production of horticultural crops in Tanzania and other developing countries. Harvest periods are short but less than 1% of the crop is processed for off-season consumption.

Tanzania

Opening a regional postharvest training center in Tanzania

Led by Diane Barrett,
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

Implementing drying beads for seeds in Asia and Africa

Led by Kent Bradford,

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