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The Horticulture Innovation Lab's first and second phase of the program that took place between Oct. 1, 2009 and Sept. 30, 2019.

Improving vegetable quality with local market support in Zambia

Led by James Simon, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

This international team aims to increase food security and increase income for rural farmers through quality production of vegetables.

Zambia

Building regional capacity in Phytophthora diagnostics in Latin America

Led by Jean Ristaino, North Carolina State University

Plant disease is a limiting factor in agricultural production in Latin America. Plant pathogens cause losses

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Mexico

Improving postharvest practices with local market support in Zambia

Led by James Simon, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

The goal of this project is to further extend economic opportunities to small-scale farmers near Livingstone, Zambia.

Zambia

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

Group gathers around Darcy Boellstorff as she plugs her computer into a GIS system near Mzimba.

Establishing GIS data for horticultural projects in Malawi

Led by Darcy Boellstorff, Bridgewater State University

Led by Darcy Boellstorff of Bridgewater State University, this project's international team is focused on acquiring needed geographic information for use in a geographic information system (GI

Malawi

Testing cell phone-based extension services in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka

Led by Mywish Maredia, Michigan State University

Advances in telecommunication technologies and rapid uptake of cell phones by millions of growers provide excellent opportunities for delivering real-time information to growers in rural areas.

India, Nepal, Sri Lanka

Increasing smallholder use of grafting and tunnels for tomatoes and peppers in Kenya

Led by Matt Kleinhenz, The Ohio State University

This project provides information and strategies to improve tomato and pepper production through the use of grafting and low/high tunnel technologies among smallholder growers in Kirinyaga District

Kenya

Testing a gender-tailored extension model in Kenya

Led by Steven Fennimore, University of California, Davis

Leadership development is key to sustained improvements in agricultural production in developing countries particularly in the rural areas.

Kenya

Increasing production of indigenous African leafy vegetables in Kenya

Led by Stephen Weller, Purdue University

This project enhances the potential for production, utilization and marketing of African leafy vegetables in Eastern Africa.

Kenya

Two young men kneeling by a row of vegetable plants inside a greenhouse.

Improving bell pepper production in passively ventilated structures in Latin America

Led by Bielinski Santos, University of Florida

Bell pepper production in Central America and the Caribbean has become one of the main agricultural commodities for export to the United States and the European Union.

Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Haiti

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