The MARIGO project sets out
to perform a diagnosis of the peri-urban market gardening sector in Côte d'Ivoire to generate multidisciplinary knowledge off the value chain, and to...Brief me
SAFEVEG aims to pilot and scale innovative approaches to improve the functioning of vegetable value chains through strengthening the relationships among value chain actors, and increase the production and consumption of safe vegetables, leading to better nutrition and more jobs, especially for women and youth in West Africa.
More specifically SAFEVEG will contribute to these outcomes:
- Increased vegetable consumption in urban and peri-urban areas
- Increased use of sustainable agricultural and post-harvest practices that are climate-smart
- Strengthened vegetable businesses
- Evidence-basis strengthened for effective policies and interventions increasing vegetable production and consumption
- Capacity built of national agricultural research systems in vegetable research and development.
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| Geographic coverage | Western Africa |
| Knowledge service | Metadata | Global Food and Nutrition Security |AgroecologyResearch and Innovation |Climate-smart agricultureHealthy diet |
| Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET) | vegetablevalue chainclimate changenutritionwomanyouth employmentagricultural research |
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