The Horticulture Innovation Lab will end operations in April 2025. Scientists boosted fruit and vegetable sectors in Africa, Asia and Central America, training thousands of farmers and researchers. Innovations including storage and crop varieties improved food security and family incomes.
Six women leaders from around the world spent fall at UC Davis, enhancing leadership and research skills to improve food systems in their home countries. Funded by a USDA grant, the program fosters collaboration, technical training, and gender-aware learning for lasting impact.
The people who produce our food need support -- especially in the areas of mental and physical well-being -- to recover from increasingly widespread wildfire, scientists have found. Postdoctoral researcher Natalia Pinzon Jimenez suggests the federal Farm Bill could help by funding programs for producers.
A new facility to be built east of the UC Davis campus highlights the partnership between the university – including the Department of Plant Sciences – and national agencies to confront challenges faced by consumers and the agriculture industry.
At a Kenya event, the African Orphan Crops Consortium planted a jackfruit tree to symbolize food security and peace. UC Davis' Allen Van Deynze and partners are breeding resilient orphan crops to help small farmers combat climate change and hunger.
The 2024 Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture Annual Meeting in Guatemala focused on building climate resilience for small farmers. Experts shared research, innovations, and strategies for scaling sustainable horticulture practices.
Problems faced by agriculture amid climate change are closely intertwined with non-ag issues. Solutions often have downsides. We have to embrace the complexity, talk to each other, innovate, use technology and be flexible to find solutions that feed us without causing harm to people and while improving and protecting the environment.
Amanda Crump, UC Davis associate professor, discussed food insecurity, conflict, and their interconnectedness at a United Nations Day event. She highlighted the importance of inclusive, community-driven solutions to building food security and peace, sharing personal stories from Nepal.
