Posts By: Oihane Lakar

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Measuring smallholders’ preferences for adopting the new bean varieties developed in FoodLAND

21 March 2024

The Sokoine University of Agriculture FoodLAND team is conducting surveys and interviews with smallholder farmers, executing the so-called randomised controlled trials (RCT),…

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A message about health benefits increases willingness to pay for bitter (healthier) oils

20 March 2024

The FoodLAND partner Simone Piras (JHI) recently presented a poster (see the poster below) at the 98th Annual Conference of The Agricultural…

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FoodLAND at the 98th Annual Conference of The Agricultural Economics Society

20 March 2024

On 18-20 March 2024, the FoodLAND partner Simone Piras from the James Hutton Institute joined the 98th Annual Conference of The Agricultural…

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Five bean varieties with good agricultural performance, improved nutritional features and shorter cooking time

19 February 2024

The FoodLAND partner Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania), under Principal Investigator, Prof. Susan Nchimbi Msolla, has developed five bean lines with improved…

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Paper published: Effects of biodegradable mulch films in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) performance

26 January 2024

The Principal Investigator from the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Prof Susan Nchimbi-Msolla, is glad to present a paper from the SUA…

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FoodLAND partners meet to share their learnings in the last year

18 January 2024

After a year of hard work since the FoodLAND meeting in Zanzibar (Tanzania), the consortium partners are meeting on 17-20 January 2024…

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Fruitful FNSSA Sister Project Synergy Summit event

11 January 2024

On 10-11 January 2024, several FoodLAND partners participated in the FNSSA Sister Project Synergy Summit event, together with partners of the other…

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Testing and Implementation of Passive Cooling Blankets in Uganda

15 December 2023

From August to November 2023, the FoodLAND partners Sofia Felicioni from Agroscope has been working in some Ugandan locations, namely Muarik and…

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The Ifakara-Kilombero Food Hub in making

2 November 2023

On 26 October 2023, there was a follow-up meeting for the Ifakara-Kilombero Food Hub with support from SUA and HELVETAS. The meeting…

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FoodLAND at the IFURL Forum, in China

31 October 2023

FoodLAND has been invited by UN-Habitat to attend the 3rd International Forum on Urban-Rural Linkages (IFURL), which is being held in Songyang County,…

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Eye-tracking study on acceptability of nutritious porridge and packaging designs conducted by SUA

30 October 2023

On 3 October 2023, the FoodLAND partner Prof. Jesper Clement (CBS), visited Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania). The mission of the visit…

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Farmers’ field day at Laelay Maichew Food Hub, Ethiopia

25 October 2023

The FoodLAND partner REST  organised a Farmers Field Day at Laelay Maichew Food Hub on 22 October 2023 in relation to their…

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Women in Tanzania empowered by the FoodLAND project

24 October 2023

During September and October 2023, the FoodLAND partner Helvetas organised two training events for women empowering in the two regions where FoodLAND…

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Towards more sustainable local aquaculture

19 October 2023

At the Aquaculture Europe 2023 congress, held in Vienna (Austria), the FoodLAND partner Davide Sorella from AquaBioTech presented the aquaculture activities of the project….

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FoodLAND rural women’s picture in the International Rural Women’s Day

13 October 2023

In the framework of International Rural Women’s Day, celebrated on 15 October, FoodLAND joins the aim of making rural women’s situation visible….

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AquaBioTech visit to aquaculture-related FoodLAND facilities in Tanzania

10 October 2023

From the 19th – 24th of September, AquaBioTech Group’s aquaculture consultants and experts Freya Robinson and Thanasis Chantzaropoulos had the chance to…