This paper presents several innovations in postharvest management introduced in LMICs that have made impacts; however, more comprehensive and systemic impacts are required. For example, we focused on smallholder farmers, but medium-sized operations in LMICs, along with the formation of cooperatives or associations among smallholder farmers, can be conduits for adopting technologies with higher capital costs. Ultimately, greater cohesion and urgency is needed among policymakers, researchers, private industry, sociologists, agro-economists, public sector, local-leaders, among others, to meet this call to action to finally make significant reductions in postharvest losses in LMICs.

This study used a two-part telephonic study comprising of the C-SCAN and HFIAS survey tools and was conducted in urban and rural Kenya. This study aimed to examine urban and rural differences in the perceived influence of COVID-19 on (1) agricultural production and livelihood; and (2) food environment attributes (food access, accessibility, price) and diets. Furthermore, this paper examined whether access to different environments (e.g., wild, cultivated, informal, and formal) impacted food security. We hypothesize that during the COVID-19 pandemic, urban residents will report decreased access to both the natural and built food environment negatively influencing food security.

This webinar conceptual frameworks and turning theory into proposed methods. This was the fifth in the Innovating and Scaling for Social Tranformation Professional Series, held live on March 21, 2023.

This webinar discusses social transformation, points of leverage, niche regime theory, food systems transformation and an introduction to conceptual frameworks.

This webinar discusses agriculture innovation systems, knowledge systems and representation of indigenous/LMIC/women/POC in innovation systems.

This webinar discusses social differentiation, relevant diversity, GenderUp and the negative consequences of scaling.

This webinar discusses models of innovation development and responsible scaling. This was the first in the Innovating and Scaling for Social Transformation Professional Series, held live on February 21, 2023.

Results from experiments using the pallet dryer to dry coffee

South Asia Regional Horticulture Report FY2022

Central America Regional Horticulture Report FY2022