Vegetable, fruit, and staple crop production and input use: Baseline findings from the FRESH end-to-end evaluation
In Tanzania, fruit and vegetable (F&V) production is the fastest growing agricultural subsector.1 Production is concentrated among smallholder farmers who face numerous barriers which hamper intensification. These include lack of quality inputs, insufficient financing, limited access to subsidies, l...
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| author | Bliznashka, Lilia Dione, Malick Zagré, Rock Romaric Boniface, Simon Dinssa, Fekadu Mwambi, Mercy Mbwambo, Omary Mwombeki, Wiston Jeremiah, Kidola Malindisa, Evangelista Kinabo, Joyce Cunningham, Kenda Olney, Deanna K. Kumar, Neha |
| author_browse | Bliznashka, Lilia Boniface, Simon Cunningham, Kenda Dinssa, Fekadu Dione, Malick Jeremiah, Kidola Kinabo, Joyce Kumar, Neha Malindisa, Evangelista Mbwambo, Omary Mwambi, Mercy Mwombeki, Wiston Olney, Deanna K. Zagré, Rock Romaric |
| author_facet | Bliznashka, Lilia Dione, Malick Zagré, Rock Romaric Boniface, Simon Dinssa, Fekadu Mwambi, Mercy Mbwambo, Omary Mwombeki, Wiston Jeremiah, Kidola Malindisa, Evangelista Kinabo, Joyce Cunningham, Kenda Olney, Deanna K. Kumar, Neha |
| author_sort | Bliznashka, Lilia |
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| description | In Tanzania, fruit and vegetable (F&V) production is the fastest growing agricultural subsector.1 Production is concentrated among smallholder farmers who face numerous barriers which hamper intensification. These include lack of quality inputs, insufficient financing, limited access to subsidies, limited extension services, and limited and unreliable access to markets.
The CGIAR Research Initiative on Fruit and Vegetables for Sustainable Healthy Diets (FRESH), now under the CGIAR Science Program on Better Diets and Nutrition (BDN) Area of Work 3, is testing the effectiveness of its end-to-end approach in Northern Tanzania.2 This approach, described in more detail in Research Brief 1, combines demand, food environment, and supply interventions to increase desirability, affordability, accessibility, and availability of F&V. The supply interventions are designed to address known barriers faced by F&V farmers. For example, the provision of climate-resilient vegetable cultivars tackles the lack of quality inputs, whereas training on safe and sustainable vegetable production, including integrated pest management, tackles limited extension services.
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and partners are conducting a longitudinal evaluation to assess the impact of the FRESH end-to-end approach in Tanzania on household vegetable production and F&V intake among women of reproductive age. The evaluation is being conducted among 2,611 households living in 33 villages in five districts in the Arusha and Kilimanjaro regions. In this research brief, we describe baseline findings on the production of vegetables, fruit, and staple crops and the inputs used in production among different types of farming households in the study area. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1756872025-12-11T21:31:07Z Vegetable, fruit, and staple crop production and input use: Baseline findings from the FRESH end-to-end evaluation Bliznashka, Lilia Dione, Malick Zagré, Rock Romaric Boniface, Simon Dinssa, Fekadu Mwambi, Mercy Mbwambo, Omary Mwombeki, Wiston Jeremiah, Kidola Malindisa, Evangelista Kinabo, Joyce Cunningham, Kenda Olney, Deanna K. Kumar, Neha capacity building vegetables fruits staple foods crop production farming systems In Tanzania, fruit and vegetable (F&V) production is the fastest growing agricultural subsector.1 Production is concentrated among smallholder farmers who face numerous barriers which hamper intensification. These include lack of quality inputs, insufficient financing, limited access to subsidies, limited extension services, and limited and unreliable access to markets. The CGIAR Research Initiative on Fruit and Vegetables for Sustainable Healthy Diets (FRESH), now under the CGIAR Science Program on Better Diets and Nutrition (BDN) Area of Work 3, is testing the effectiveness of its end-to-end approach in Northern Tanzania.2 This approach, described in more detail in Research Brief 1, combines demand, food environment, and supply interventions to increase desirability, affordability, accessibility, and availability of F&V. The supply interventions are designed to address known barriers faced by F&V farmers. For example, the provision of climate-resilient vegetable cultivars tackles the lack of quality inputs, whereas training on safe and sustainable vegetable production, including integrated pest management, tackles limited extension services. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and partners are conducting a longitudinal evaluation to assess the impact of the FRESH end-to-end approach in Tanzania on household vegetable production and F&V intake among women of reproductive age. The evaluation is being conducted among 2,611 households living in 33 villages in five districts in the Arusha and Kilimanjaro regions. In this research brief, we describe baseline findings on the production of vegetables, fruit, and staple crops and the inputs used in production among different types of farming households in the study area. 2025-07-17 2025-07-18T15:16:08Z 2025-07-18T15:16:08Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175687 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138874 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173282 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Bliznashka, Lilia; Dione, Malick; Zagré, Rock Romaric; Boniface, Simon; Dinssa, Fekadu; et al. 2025. Vegetable, fruit, and staple crop production and input use: Baseline findings from the FRESH end-to-end evaluation. Tanzania Evaluation Research Brief 3. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175687 |
| spellingShingle | capacity building vegetables fruits staple foods crop production farming systems Bliznashka, Lilia Dione, Malick Zagré, Rock Romaric Boniface, Simon Dinssa, Fekadu Mwambi, Mercy Mbwambo, Omary Mwombeki, Wiston Jeremiah, Kidola Malindisa, Evangelista Kinabo, Joyce Cunningham, Kenda Olney, Deanna K. Kumar, Neha Vegetable, fruit, and staple crop production and input use: Baseline findings from the FRESH end-to-end evaluation |
| title | Vegetable, fruit, and staple crop production and input use: Baseline findings from the FRESH end-to-end evaluation |
| title_full | Vegetable, fruit, and staple crop production and input use: Baseline findings from the FRESH end-to-end evaluation |
| title_fullStr | Vegetable, fruit, and staple crop production and input use: Baseline findings from the FRESH end-to-end evaluation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vegetable, fruit, and staple crop production and input use: Baseline findings from the FRESH end-to-end evaluation |
| title_short | Vegetable, fruit, and staple crop production and input use: Baseline findings from the FRESH end-to-end evaluation |
| title_sort | vegetable fruit and staple crop production and input use baseline findings from the fresh end to end evaluation |
| topic | capacity building vegetables fruits staple foods crop production farming systems |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175687 |
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