Sub-project Title:
Innovations in Informal Markets for Safe Vegetables in Tanzania
Funding Awarded:
€ 59,999.04
Location of the sub-project:
Tanzania
This project proposes a market-based intervention model that combines postharvest best practices and branding to improve the safety and quality of fresh vegetables in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania. The project will pilot the model and assess farmers’ and traders’ adoption of good postharvest handling and management practices, and the effect on income, food safety and consumer demand. Barriers and opportunities for embedding suitable postharvest technologies within the institutional environment will be examined. Key outcomes are enhanced awareness, knowledge and adoption of good postharvest practices among traders and farmers, reduced microbial contamination in fresh vegetables and wash water along the value chain, increased demand for safe and quality vegetables and increased interest among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and local authorities to scale food safety technologies.
World Vegetable Center – Regional Center for Africa
De World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) is an international non-profit institute for vegetable research and development. Its mission is to deliver science and innovation for enhanced vegetable production and consumption in a rapidly changing world.
As the custodian of global vegetable biodiversity and breeder of vegetable crops, the organization drives both the demand and supply of vegetables, while strengthening the conditions – policies, markets, and capacities – for diverse and sustainable food systems.
WorldVeg has headquarters in Taiwan, with regional centers in Benin, India, Mali, Tanzania, and Thailand, and country offices across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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