Charity Gathambiri, of KARI, shows an event participant how to use a refractometer to measure sugar levels of tomatoes at the new center. Gathambiri also completed Horticulture CRSP’s year-long postharvest training in Tanzania.

With the launch of a new center in Kenya, the Horticulture Collaborative Research Support Program has successfully opened three centers worldwide dedicated to serving as hubs for horticulture-related activities in nearby developing countries.

The Horticulture CRSP Regional Center of Innovation at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute officially opened May 9, at an event with more than 100 guests exploring a technology fair and listening to presentations about horticultural research.

The center at KARI joins two other Regional Center of Innovations—one at Kasetsart University in Thailand and the other at Zamorano in Honduras.

To view the full press release, click here. Additional information about the other Regional Centers of Innovation can be found on the Horticulture CRSP website, as well as in The Digest newsletter Vol. 1 and Vol. 3.

This article was authored by the Horticulture CRSP.