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GlobE: HORTINLEA - Diversifying food systems: Learning and innovation in horticultural value chains to improve the livelihood situation in rural and urban regions in East Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania). Partner H (HORTINLEA)
Project
Project code: 031A248H
Contract period: 01.07.2013
- 30.06.2016
Budget: 131,494 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
The overall goal of HORTINLEA is to significantly improve the livelihood and nutritional situation in particular of the rural and urban poor of the target area. In the technical disciplines, the necessary knowledge should be generated for an improvement of the production systems. These sub-projects refer not to a specific value chain, but work on cross sectional subjects. African indigenous leafy vegetables (ALV) play a significant role in food security of smallholder farmers in rural and urban/peri-urban areas. Currently, the magnitude of pre- and postharvest losses of ALVs in Kenya can reach up to 50%. Losses are attributed to inadequate conditions during production and to rapid decay of products during transport, storage and marketing. Inadequate postharvest handling and facilities for storage and transport, inappropriate processing methods for product preservation, insufficient hygiene conditions in the markets and poor infrastructure aggravate these problems, causing massive losses along “the field to consumer” chain. Alternative technologies such as on-farm evaporative coolers, modified atmosphere packaging and postharvest treatments need to be explored for adoption. The commonly used, local preservation methods include blanching, solar-drying and fermentation. However, despite their wide adoption, some of these result in significant loss of nutritional product quality and in microbiological contamination. The research and/or technical goals of the intervention (SP4/5) will be the development of recommendations for food safety oriented harvest techniques, postharvest handling procedures and processing technologies for ALVs for utilization by all stakeholders of the food supply chain (smallholders, trader, consumer).
Section overview
Subjects
- Horticulture
- Food Processing
- Agroeconomics
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Institute of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology
Funding institution
Project management agencies
Associated projects: HORTINLEA
- GlobE: HORTINLEA - Diversifying food systems: Learning and innovation in horticultural value chains to improve the livelihood situation in rural and urban regions in East Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania) - Partner A
- GlobE: HORTINLEA - Diversifying food systems: Learning and innovation in horticultural value chains to improve the livelihood situation in rural and urban regions in East Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania). Partner B
- GlobE: HORTINLEA - Diversifying food systems: Learning and innovation in horticultural value chains to improve the livelihood situation in rural and urban regions in East Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania). Partner C
- GlobE: HORTINLEA - Diversifying food systems: Learning and innovation in horticultural value chains to improve the livelihood situation in rural and urban regions in East Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania). Partner D
- GlobE: HORTINLEA - Diversifying food systems: Learning and innovation in horticultural value chains to improve the livelihood situation in rural and urban regions in East Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania). Partner E
- GlobE: HORTINLEA - Diversifying food systems: Learning and innovation in horticultural value chains to improve the livelihood situation in rural and urban regions in East Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania). Partner F
- GlobE: HORTINLEA - Diversifying food systems: Learning and innovation in horticultural value chains to improve the livelihood situation in rural and urban regions in East Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania). Partner G
- GlobE: HORTINLEA - Diversifying food systems: Learning and innovation in horticultural value chains to improve the livelihood situation in rural and urban regions in East Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania). Partner J
- GlobE: HORTINLEA - Diversifying food systems: Learning and innovation in horticultural value chains to improve the livelihood situation in rural and urban regions in East Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania). Partner K
