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Screening protocol for African Indigenous Vegetables crop varieties for common insect pests
Part of Rutgers University
Protocol for use in screening for common insect pests to score varieties for insect pest resistance.
https://horticulture.ucdavis.edu/project/nutrition-african-vegetables
Jim Simon
Send MessageStage 4: Transition to Scale
Focus Areas:
Cultivation & Tools, Natural Resources and Food Safety and Standards
Implemented In:
Zambia and Kenya
1,050
Lives Impacted to Date
2
Countries Implemented In
Verified Funding
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Problem
1. Limited standard protocols for pest determination on African Indigenous Vegetables 2. African indigenous vegetables are susceptible to attack by a variety of insects and diseases.
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Solution
1. Established a best practices protocol for pest management to increase African Indigenous Vegetable production and improve quality that can be replicated
Target Beneficiaries
Smallholder farmers
Innovation Description
Protocol for use in screening for common insect pests to score varieties for insect pest resistance
Milestones
Apr 2017
Lives Impacted
1,050
Apr 2017
New Product or Service
Training protocol developed and piloted. Trained over 1000 farmers in 70 farmer groups in Kenya. Follow-up survey indicates high adoption rates.
Date Unknown
Funds RaisedVERIFIED
$2,000,000 with Chimney Solar Dryer, Sack garden, Improved African indigenous vegetable seed varieties and 2 moreSEE ALL
TITLEImproving nutrition with African indigenous vegetables in Kenya and Zambia
TYPEGrant
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture, Cultivation & Tools, Post Harvest and 3 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED INKenya and Zambia
ORGANIZATIONSU.S. Agency for International Development, University of California, DavisU.S. Agency for International Development, University of California, Davis
as part of
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture, Bureau of Food Security, Feed the FutureFeed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture, Bureau of Food Security, Feed the FutureDate Unknown
New Country Implemented In
Kenya
Date Unknown
New Country Implemented In
Zambia