Extension of Appropriate Postharvest Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Postharvest Training and Services Center
This unique pilot project combines a wide variety of training programs, adaptive research and demonstrations of postharvest services. It provides access to needed tools and supplies […]
- 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: Food Security
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Project
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
Educating Smallholder Vegetable Farmers in Grafting and Microclimate Management Techniques
This project will provide the necessary background information and strategies to improve tomato and pepper production through the increased application of grafting and low/high tunnel technologies […]
- Start Date: 2011/10/01
- End Date: 2012/12/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Ohio State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Productivity
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
Cell Phone Enabled Personalized Agro-Advisory Services for Horticultural Crops in South Asia
Recent 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. […]
- Start Date: 2011/10/01
- End Date: 2012/10/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Michigan State University
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Innovation
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Project
Developing Low-Cost Pest Exclusion and Microclimate Modification Technologies for Small-Scale Vegetable Growers
This project seeks to harness alternative pest management techniques, micro-climate modifications, and growers’ education and training to improve small-scale vegetable production in East and West Africa. […]
- Start Date: 2011/10/01
- End Date: 2013/10/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Michigan State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation, Productivity
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
Trellis I: 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: 2011/08/01
- End Date: 2012/04/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of California - Davis
- Region: Global
- Topic: Capacity Building
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Project
Semillas de Esperanza: Vegetable Seeds for Sustainable Agriculture
Acute poverty and meager economic opportunities exist in many rural regions of Central America. Vegetable and seed production are technology driven economic activities that can significantly […]
- Start Date: 2011/04/01
- End Date: 2014/04/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Gender, Productivity
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Project
Sustainable Technology for Orange and Purple Sweetpotato (STOPS) in Ghana
Using the gap and decision analysis tools, this project proposes to strengthen the value chain in three sweet potato growing regions in Ghana to improve food […]
- Start Date: 2011
- End Date: October 2014
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Tuskegee University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Project
