The Horticulture Innovation Lab headquartered at the University of California-Davis is offering a grant up to $750,000 over three years to support a research project in integrated animal-horticulture systems. Sept. 19 is the deadline for brief concept notes, submitted by U.S. university researchers.
The research should be focused on the needs of smallholder farmers in developing countries that are part of Feed the Future, with priority given to Cambodia, Nepal and Rwanda.
Understanding the socioeconomic feasibility and trade-offs involved in mixed crop-livestock farming systems — ones that specifically incorporate fruit and vegetable crops — is the focus of this new call for concept notes.
Check out the announcement here.
The lab has two other open opportunities for funding. The program previously announced two calls for research proposals, one related to tomato handling and marketing in Burkina Faso and another related to dried apricot handling and marketing in Tajikistan. Instructions for how to apply for all three of these grants are on the Horticulture Innovation Lab’s Funding Opportunities page.
The program also maintains a running list of researchers in a variety of countries who are interested in collaborating on future projects. With that list, researchers can both find a collaborator and also request their name and information be added to the list of potential partners.