Trellis III: Engaging US students in international development
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 […]
- Start Date: 2013
- End Date: 2014
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of California - Davis
- Region: Global
- Topic: Capacity Building
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Project
Trellis II: Engaging US students in international development
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 […]
- Start Date: 2012/09/01
- End Date: 2013/09/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of California - Davis
- Region: Global
- Topic: Capacity Building
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Project
Horticulture CRSP Trellis Fund
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- Date of Publication: 4/16/2012
- Author(s): Horticulture CRSP
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Capacity Building
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Publication
Indigenous Products Increase Incomes in Ghana
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- Date of Publication: 3/5/2012
- Author(s): Horticulture CRSP
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Publication
Employing a Novel Gender-Based Extension Model to More Effectively Train and Engage Horticultural Farmers
Leadership development is key to sustained improvements in agricultural production in developing countries particularly in the rural areas. However, the rural poor cannot, in isolation develop […]
- Start Date: 2011/10/01
- End Date: 2012/12/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of California - Davis
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building, Gender, Productivity
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Project
Sustainable African indigenous vegetable production and market-chain development
This research project seeks to support and strengthen the African indigenous vegetable (AIV) industry using a market-first approach to overcoming constraints along the value chain, leading […]
- Start Date: 2011/10/01
- End Date: 2014/07/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Purdue University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building, Food Security, Markets
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Project
Delivering vegetable safety education through established social networks in Latin America
Contamination of vegetables with foodborne pathogens and spoilage organisms results in foodborne illness and economic losses. This problem is worldwide, but is particularly serious in Central […]
- Start Date: 2011/10/01
- End Date: 2014/07/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Ohio State University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Capacity Building
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Project
Increasing the Capacity of Smallholder Farmers to Produce and Market Vegetable Crops
Although the growing market for horticultural products in Uganda offers an opportunity for smallholder farmers to improve their income, their access to these markets is still […]
- Start Date: 2011/10/01
- End Date: 2013/10/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of California - Davis
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building, Food Security, Innovation, Markets
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Project
Improving Extension Methods for Horticultural Outreach Among Small-Stakeholder Farmers in Latin American Countries
In many Latin American countries, outreach activities have often addressed technical and economical issues specific to small-scale fruit and vegetable farmers. Unfortunately, in most of cases, […]
- Start Date: 2011/10/01
- End Date: 2012/10/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Ohio State University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Capacity Building
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Project
A Regional Approach to Food Safety for Fruits and Vegetables in Bangladesh
The horticulture sector in Bangladesh produces 3.2 million metric tons/year but smallscale farmers suffer economic losses due to lack of high yielding varieties and hybrids, postharvest […]
- Start Date: 2011/10/01
- End Date: 2012/10/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Cornell University
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Capacity Building
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Project
