PROJECT DATES:
July 2020 – September 2023
FUNDING:
USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification (SIIL)
IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS:
Tennessee State University, The Pennsylvania State University, University of Battambang, Center of Excellence on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification and Nutrition (CE SAIN), Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation (Swisscontact) and Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)
IMPACTS:
- Identified private sector agricultural groups and the secondary school system as viable scaling pathways for uptake of these market-oriented technologies
- Diversified and resilient smallholder systems, introducing new sources of income and nutrition during seasonal “food gaps,” across different agricultural spaces
- Vegetable grafting and wild gardens contribute to value chains that have traditionally engaged women in Cambodia