Regional fact sheet: Horticulture Innovation Lab in Southern Africa

As of March 2017: With funds from the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Horticulture Innovation Lab has supported more than $2 million in horticultural research projects that affect smallholder farmers in countries in southern Africa. Projects have included:

Nutrition:

• Improving nutrition with African indigenous vegetables in Zambia

Horticultural production:

• Establishing GIS data for horticultural production in Malawi

Postharvest practices:

• Improving postharvest practices with local market support in Zambia

Agricultural marketing and market access:

• Strengthening the value chain for African indigenous vegetables in Zambia
• Improving vegetable quality through a collaboration with local tourist hotels in Zambia
• Evaluating support for smallholder production of paprika and tomatoes in Zimbabwe

Enabling environment and policy:

• Integrating Rooibos tea farmers with fair-trade markets in South Africa

This fact sheet also highlights some of the Horticulture Innovation Lab's partner organizations from the region.