From solar dryers to cold storage, the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture delivers on practices and technologies to ensure nutritious produce gets to the people who need it most.
Ms. Adolat Berdieva produces cherry tomatoes in a low-cost greenhouse she built herself.
Home gardens increase the off-season vegetable supply and contribute to healthier diets in Cameroon’s far north.
The WorldVeg West and Central Africa - Dry Regions booth attracted a lot of attention at a recent USAID Partnership Declaration event in Bamako, Mali. Omar Diouf explained WorldVeg activities in the region to Mali's Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Moulaye Ahmed Boubacar and US Ambassador to Mali H.E. Dennis Hankins. Mali is one of 12 partner countries selected for a new phase of the U.S. Government’s Feed the Future initiative.
Vegetable production is among the activities in USAID's new five-year commitment to advance agriculture for development in Mali.Â
It takes individual effort for the benefits of a project to take hold on farms and in communities once activities conclude.
After demonstration gardens and seedling nurseries were established in Bambi and Mzuri villages in Zanzibar in June 2017, members of the WorldVeg Homegarden Scaling Project funded by USAID returned in July to assist farmers and community-based trainers with transplanting seedlings.
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This research study seeks to understand the impact of low-cost cooling and storage solutions in helping farmers reduce postharvest losses for vegetables.
