main articles from each issue of FRESH
Screening best practices
WorldVeg field trials are the testing ground for safe vegetable production technologies in Tanzania.
Project ends, but the good work continues
Participants in the five-year Hort4Nutrition Project highlighted the nutritional benefits of Africa’s traditional vegetables and engaged smallholder farmers and entrepreneurs in building markets for these valuable but underused crops.
Trapped!
Hands-on training in the use of simple but effective insect traps offers Jharkhand farm communities a safe way to protect their crops.
Putting the best bitter gourd forward
The 5th edition of Bitter Gourd Open Field Days showcased elite breeding lines of a popular Asian cucurbit.
Pyramiding genes to tackle TYLCV
Although India’s seed industry is well advanced in applying molecular technologies for plant breeding, there is still a lot of room to learn from the World Vegetable Center’s 40 years of experience in developing improved tomato lines.
Renewing a strategy for Mali
Vegetable production is among the activities in USAID's new five-year commitment to advance agriculture for development in Mali.
Making agriculture smarter
To protect consumers and the environment, it's time to take a more thoughtful and efficient approach to food production across Asia.
Improved tomato production brings happiness through increased income to farmers
Applying improved cropping techniques makes a tomato farmer in Assam, India a role model for other local tomato producers.
Expanding the Mungbean Network
There’s plenty of room for more countries to participate in an international network devoted to this remarkable legume.
Having a Field Day
Representatives from Taiwan's seed companies, universities and research institutes exchanged perspectives and progress in breeding research.