Inventing low-cost technology that is affordable for small-scale grain farmers and traders
Post-harvest losses of grains in Sub-Saharan Africa are estimated to be high: around 20% of the harvested grain is spoiled, and fungal contamination can include aflatoxins, which pose high health risks.
Innovative products help reduce post-harvest losses in fruit and vegetable production in Uganda
Perishability plays an important role in the commercialization of fruits and vegetables in Sub-Saharan Africa, posing risks to all involved. To address this challenge, researchers at Makarere University, Uganda, together with farmer groups, developed a range of innovative products that help reduce losses and generate additional income for small-scale actors.
RELOAD researchers at the European Parliament in Brussels
Smallholder dairy and pastoralism in East Africa was the focus of a closed session at the European Parliament in November 7th, 2017, to which RELOAD researchers Brigitte Kaufmann, Margareta Lelea (German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL)) and Raphael Arasio (University of Nairobi) were invited as speakers.
Manifold scientific contributions of RELOAD research network at Tropentag Conference 2017
Under the conference theme “Future Agriculture: Social-ecological transitions and bio-cultural shifts”, RELOAD members shared their research results with the scientific community at the Tropentag conference, which took place from 20-22 September 2017 in Bonn.
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- 5th annual meeting of the RELOAD research network
- Understanding agro-climatic conditions favoring post-harvest loss in maize
- Co-developing innovations with smallholder dairy farmer groups in Kenya
- RELOAD scientists present at 1st All Africa Post-Harvest Congress
- First RELOAD PhD student graduating at Egerton University
- Know your soil: cultivating fruit and vegetable crops in Uganda
- RELOAD at the Tropentag Conference in Vienna
- RELOAD scientists graduated at Swedish University
- RELOAD-PhD student awarded for best presentation
- Pro-poor livestock research and development
- Getting pineapples from the field to the market
- Facilitating cooperation along dairy supply chains
- Stakeholder platforms: connecting actors in supply chains
- PhD students of Egerton University write for farmers
- PhD student Muchilwa wins UNIKAT ideas competition 2015
- Solar cooling device for small-scale dairy farmers
- Graduation of a RELOAD MSc student at Jimma University
- RELOAD at the 1st African Symposium on Mycotoxicology