On 21 March 2017, Postharvest Specialist Roseline Marealle travelled to Kigali, Rwanda to participate in a workshop on “Postharvest Technologies for Perishable Crops” for a small group of young horticultural professionals. During the event she received the Kader Award from the Postharvest Education Foundation (PEF) in recognition for her outstanding effort in providing education to local farmers, traders, processors and marketers and helping them to reduce food losses. Lisa Kitinoja, PEF founder, presented the award.

Roseline also presented the Center’s postharvest practices in Tanzania to fellow workshop participants from Rwanda, Ghana, Nigeria and Ethiopia. “Many were interested in learning more about our work,” she said. “The ‘Reducing Postharvest Losses in Rwanda Project’ is new, and information from our Postharvest Training and Services Center would be very useful for them.” She relished the opportunity to exchange ideas and hear presentations about new technologies: “I learned so many new things!” she said.