Research project

During the rainy month of March in 2017, the Women Food Entrepreneurs research project conducted a baseline survey in the city slums of Kisumu. The focus of the study was to measure the quality of food and nutrition consumed in slum households so that the project research team can understand the initial nutritional conditions for the population in focus. »

Duration: 01 July 2017 to 31 July 2020 Project information Aim: This project “Development of a Gender Responsive Commercial Seed System for African Indigenous Vegetables (AIV) in Uganda” aims to benefit 50 farmer groups directly involved in vegetable seed production and 5000 smallholder vegetable farmers, who are mainly women and youth farmers. Seed production will be backed up by seed »

Duration: 01 July 2017 to 30 June 2020 Project information Aim: This project “Rainwater harvesting from Roads For Indigenous Pasture production and improved rural livelihoods in semi-arid Kitui, Kenya” aims to integrate sustainable land management strategies notably rainwater harvesting, soil conservation and grass reseeding for increased pasture production and rehabilitation of degraded drylands. The project team envisages that increased »

Duration: 18 June 2017 to 01 May 2020 Project information Aim: This project aims to achieve improvement and enlargement of protected horticulture through data sharing and technology improvement in collaboration with growers. Subsequently the project addresses post-harvest challenges in poor communities by collaborating with local (female) market managers on data collection on quality decline and best-practice sharing. These activities aim »

Duration: 03 July 2017 to 01 October 2020 Project information Aim: This project “Healthy Cows – Healthy Food – Healthy Environment: Enhancing safety and quality of milk in Ethiopia with a focus on antibiotic residues” aims at enhancing milk quality and the position of women in dairy farming in Ethiopia. The project will implement and embed the best practices »

Duration: 02 August 2017 to 31 July 2020 Project information Aim: The cultivation of Kersting’s groundnut (KG), a well appreciated food crop in Benin, is challenged by poor agronomic practices and lack of quality seeds leading to low yield and poor quality products. Following a science-based value chain approach, this project “Enhancing Kersting’s groundnut (Macrotyloma geocarpum) production and »