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
Integrated Postharvest Extension Program for Cambodia and Vietnam
The goal of this exploratory project is to evaluate current capacity and needs with respect to postharvest handling and quality, leading to a full proposal whose […]
- Start Date: 2011/10/01
- End Date: 2012/10/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Food Security
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
Increasing Food Safety and Creating a Niche in the Market for Smallholders by Educating Them in Production, Postharvest, Food Safety, and Marketing and Branding their Produce According to Specific Food Safety Standards
The rapid economic and population expansion of Cambodian and Vietnam within the greater SE Asian region presents opportunities for impacting the livelihood of many people where […]
- Start Date: 2011/10/01
- End Date: 2013/10/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of California - Davis
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Food Security, Health and Nutrition, Markets, Policy
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Project
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
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
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
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
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
