Evaluating the Support Structure for Production and Marketing of Tomatoes and Paprika among Smallholders
The political unrest and economic turmoil in Zimbabwe in the last ten years has destroyed agricultural export industries and the beginnings of an emerging smallholder horticulture […]
- Start Date: 2011/10/01
- End Date: 2012/10/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Cornell University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
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
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
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
Seed Systems: Improving seed quality for smallholders
Building on an Immediate Impact Project, New Technology for Postharvest Drying and Storage of Horticultural Seeds, this project seeks to improve the ability of smallholders to […]
- Start Date: 2011/10/01
- End Date: 2014/07/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of California - Davis
- Region: Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation, 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
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
African Leafy Vegetables
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- Date of Publication: 8/5/2011
- Author(s): Horticulture CRSP
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Productivity
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Publication
Pest-Exclusion Nets Protect Crops, Boost Yields
Coming soon
- Date of Publication: August 2011
- Author(s): Mark Bell; Thibaud Martin; Mathieu Ngouajio; Lusike Wasilwa; Francoise Komlan; Anselme Adegbidi; Damien Abouangassi; Pierre Guillet; Muo Kasina; Fatuma Omari; Laurent Parrot; Mwanarusi Saidi; Sevgan Subramanian; Serge Simon; Hubert de Bon; Karim Maredia; Peter Shapland
- Type of Document: Project Document
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security, Productivity
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Publication
Crops spend the night under mosquito nets
Coming soon
- Date of Publication: 7/5/2011
- Author(s): Joy Wanja
- Type of Document: Newspaper Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security, Productivity
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Publication
