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    This seminar notification announces a talk on "Value Chain Research in Eastern Africa on Indigenous Vegetables". The research focuses on amaranth, African nightshade, and spiderplant, which are important crops for nutrition, health, and income in Africa. The primary goal of the research project is to strengthen the African Indigenous Vegetables industry using a market-focused approach to address challenges along the value chain and improve production, distribution, and consumer acceptance of these vegetables to benefit smallholder farmers. The main activities involve evaluating and introducing better varieties, improving sustainable production and postharvest techniques, increasing market access, and building stakeholder capacity.

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    Professor Stephen Weller will be speaking on Wednesday, November 12th at 3:30 in WSLR Room 116

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    This seminar notification announces a talk on "Value Chain Research in Eastern Africa on Indigenous Vegetables". The research focuses on amaranth, African nightshade, and spiderplant, which are important crops for nutrition, health, and income in Africa. The primary goal of the research project is to strengthen the African Indigenous Vegetables industry using a market-focused approach to address challenges along the value chain and improve production, distribution, and consumer acceptance of these vegetables to benefit smallholder farmers. The main activities involve evaluating and introducing better varieties, improving sustainable production and postharvest techniques, increasing market access, and building stakeholder capacity.

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    The Department of

    SEMINAR NOTIFICATION

    Purdue University

    Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture


    Wednesday, November 12, 2014
    3:30pm in WSLR, Room 116

    Value Chain Research in Eastern Africa


    on Indigenous Vegetables
    African Indigenous vegetables are an important crop for providing nutrition, improved health and income
    security to African populations. Our research, funded by the Horticulture CRSP of USAID, presently focuses on a
    narrow set of the indigenous vegetables including amaranth (Amaranthus spp.), African nightshade (Solanum
    scabrum, S. villosum) and spiderplant (Cleome gynandra) while others including African kale (Brassica carinata),
    cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) leaves and African eggplant (S. aethiopicum), vegetables are common staple crops
    for smallholder farmers and rural populations in Eastern Africa. Research summarized will provide a model of our
    approach in using horticultural science to develop a strong base for AIV commercialization throughout the
    developing world. Specifically, our projects primary goal is to support and strengthen the African Indigenous
    Vegetables (AIVs) industry using a market-first approach to overcome constraints along the value chain leading to
    improved production practices, supply, postharvest handling, distribution and consumer acceptability of AIVs and
    opportunities for smallholder farmers to become more engaged in the supply chain. These key ingredients will lead
    to a more sustainable and resilient AIV system providing opportunities to small holders. Our main activities
    involve germplasm evaluation, introduction of the best genetic materials, development of sustainable production,
    year-round production, postharvest and seed production/saving techniques, improved market access and building
    capacity of stakeholders through outreach programs at all levels of the AIV value chain and creating awareness of
    health and nutritional benefits of AIVs. The project is being conducted in concert with the World Vegetable Center,
    and with universities and NGOs in each country.

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