Overview

The Trellis Fund provides small-scale, in-country development organizations access to U.S. graduate student expertise, providing benefit to both the student and the in-country institutions. With a focus on impact and expansion of locally proven ideas, the Trellis Fund matches the organizations with students and provides modest funds to support the organization’s farmer outreach program.

The following graduate students received funding for these specific projects:

– University of Hawai’i at Manoa graduate student: Jay Bost, Seed saving for farmer seed security and biodiversity conservation(Guatemala),Partner: Mesoamerican Institute of Permaculture (IMAP)

– University of California, Davis graduate student: Hannah Waterhouse, Helping homestead gardeners mitigate the impact of soil salinity, (Bangladesh),Partner: Helen Keller International

– University of California, Davis graduate student: Courtney Jallo, Introduction of kitchen gardens to KISC EQUIP partner schools (Nepal), Partner: Kathmandu International Study Centre Education Quality Improvement Programme (KISC EQUIP)

– University of California, Davis graduate student: Randall Cass, Farmers training on pollination-friendly practices (Ghana), Partner: International Stingless Bee Centre

– University of California, Davis graduate student: Amanda Lewis, Empowering women through valorization of hibiscus, cowpea and cassava (Senegal), Partner: ADC Super Crown

– University of California, Davis graduate student: Erin McGuire, Food security and nutrition for long-term sustainability (Senegal), Partner: Ande Liguey

– University of California, Davis graduate student: Hung Doan, Enhancing farmers’ skills for thrip management in French beans (Kenya), Partner: Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI)

– University of California, Davis graduate student: Ngoc Nham, Minimizing postharvest losses among smallholder mango farmers through training (Kenya), Partner: University of Nairobi

– Cornell University, graduate student: Carly Summers, Utilization of locally abundant neem in IPM of horticultural crops (Tanzania), Partner: St. Johns University of Tanzania

– University of California, Davis graduate student: Alex Greenspan, Improving nutritional security through beetroot cultivation and consumption (Uganda), Partner: Mwino Group

– University of California, Davis graduate student: Daniel Quinn, Fruit farming for income generation and nutrition (Uganda), Partner: Uganda Rural Information and Communication Technology/ Educational Center (URICT-Uganda)

– University of California, Davis graduate student: Dominique Dhainaut, Promoting women in organic production of vegetables, value addition and reduction of postharvest loss (Uganda), Partner: WECA Farmers Association

– University of California, Davis graduate student: Sam Bird, Promotion of production and marketing of early-maturing mango varieties (Uganda), Partner: Hoima District Farmers Association