French bean (green bean) | Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture

Promoting technology for horticulture production as adaptation to climate change in Guatemala

Led by Rolando Cifuentes, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG)

For highland farmers who face elevated risks due to climate change, this project identifies the most effective protective structures, irrigation technologies, practices to improve soil health, and postharvest management practices to ensure the production of high-quality, safe, and nutritious produce.

Guatemala

Training manual for postharvest handling of horticultural crops in Rwanda

How-to Manual, Curriculum, Training

Young farmer holding green beans in sloped farming field

How drip irrigation is helping young Guatemalans profit from the land, as farmers and professionals

Hilarios Chaves, 20, is one young farmer who has doubled his vegetable yield to grow for his family, local markets, and export markets thanks to new innovations.

Rwanda success story: Postharvest Training and Service Centers help a French bean exporter

Fact sheet

Evaporative cooling for fruit and vegetable storage in Rwanda and Burkina Faso

Report

Eco-Friendly Nets 2: A profitable climate smart technology

Video

Woman walking through net house amid neat rows of vegetable plants.

Assessing feasibility of pest-exclusion nets in Kenya

Led by William "Vance" Baird, Michigan State University

Research results show that using AgroNets (also known as Eco-Friendly Nets) in vegetable production leads to increased yields of marketable produce, while simultaneously reducing or eliminating the

Kenya