Projects

Selling Formal Insurance to the Informally Insured

Farmers face enormous production risks due to unpredictable rainfall, yet most do not have any formal insurance. One explanation for this is the existence of informal […]

  • Start Date: October 2012
  • End Date: 2015/09/30
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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 […]

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Developing a Satellite based Index to Predict Crop Yields in Smallholder Agriculture

The goal of this work is to produce a satellite based index that can accurately predict yields in three pilot areas in rural Tanzania. The pilot […]

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Climate variability, pastoralism, and commodity chains in Ethiopia and Kenya

The CHAINS project aims to improve policy impacts on pastoral marketing and commodity chains through evaluation of interactions between climate, market access for pastoral livestock producers, […]

  • Start Date: 2011/12/01
  • End Date: 2015
  • Project Code: CHAINS
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A cost-effectiveness framework for landscape rehabilitation and carbon sequestration in North Kenya

The CARBON project is working to improve rangeland management, mitigate climate change, improve pastoralist livelihoods, and provide skills and training to young scientists by developing participatory […]

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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 […]

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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
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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 […]

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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
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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
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