Low-cost soilless and recirculating water system and community gardening for vegetable production
With the aim of providing smallholder farmers with alternative farming solutions, the FoodLAND partners at CEFA and the University of Bologna have…
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FoodLAND disseminates its results in Kampala, Uganda
On 29 August 2024, a FoodLAND Dissemination Workshop was organised by our Ugandan partners at the Makerere University in Kampala. The principal…
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FoodLAND spreads solutions for farmers and nutritional recommendations in Nakaseke, Uganda
On 16 July 2024, the FoodLAND partners from the Department of Food Technology and Nutrition at Makerere University organised a workshop in…
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FoodLAND shows project findings and raises awareness of both technologies and nutritional recommendations based on research results in Kamuli, Uganda
On 12 June 2024, the first dissemination workshop in Uganda took place, at the Kamuli Multi-Purpose Youth Hall. This meeting combined the…
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FoodLAND results presented at the LX SIDEA Conference
On 15-17 September 2024, the FoodLAND partners Claudia Giordano (LUKE), Simone Piras (JHI), Luca Mulazzani and Valentino Marini Govigli (UNIBO) participated in…
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FoodLAND SUA team participates in Farmers’ Day in Tanzania
The FoodLAND Africa team from SUA participated in the Farmers’ Day. In Swahili, it is called Nane-Nane (meaning eight-eight, this is because…
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Aquaculture practices in FoodLAND, a good example for Liberia to follow
On 3 July 2024, AquaBioTech Group in collaboration with the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) hosted an Aquaculture Development Day Workshop…
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FoodLAND innovative products at the Nairobi Innovation Week
On 8-10 May 2024, the University of Nairobi Innovation Week (NIW) annual event was celebrated, where fraternity and other interested parties showcased…
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Low-cost and eco-friendly solar dryer for fruits and vegetables
With the aim of provisioning a low-cost and eco-friendly technology that will help in the conservation of fresh fruits and vegetables by…
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Training on the FoodLAND’s dehydration and drying systems for women farmers of Jendouba, Tunisia
On April 26, 2024, the FoodLAND partner INAT held a training course with women farmers of Jendouba, Tunisia, on the osmotic dehydration…
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FoodLAND promotes fish farming in Kilombero district – Morogoro Region, Tanzania
In order to ensure that the health of Tanzanians improves by eating a variety of foods, including fish, which is one of…
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From Field to Yield: Aquaculture Field School at the Kilombero Food Hub
From 25 to 28 March 2024, the FoodLAND Africa research team at SUA conducted an Aquaculture Field School (AFS) at Ifakara, a…
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Fish farmers from Ghana interested in the aquaculture activities of FoodLAND
On 18 and 19 April 2024, a small delegation of farmers from the Akosomobo Zone Fish Farmers Association (Ghana) visited AquaBioTech Group’s…
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Measuring smallholders’ preferences for adopting the new bean varieties developed in FoodLAND
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
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
On 18-20 March 2024, the FoodLAND partner Simone Piras from the James Hutton Institute joined the 98th Annual Conference of The Agricultural…