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.

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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.

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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.

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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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