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Novel polymer-based technologies to reduce waste and enhance incomes for smallholder and commercial Fine bean growers in Kenya

基于聚合物的新型技术可减少肯尼亚小农和商业细豆种植者的浪费并提高收入

基本信息

批准号：
105658
负责人：
金额：
$ 39.1万
依托单位：
PROVENANCE PARTNERS LIMITED
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
BEIS-Funded Programmes
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2019 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=105658
关键词：
Novel polymer based technologies reduce

项目摘要

In Kenya, the agriculture sector contributes 29.3% to GDP and accounts for 80 % of national employment. Kenyan exports of fine beans to the EU and UK account for 70% of all vegetables and 21% of horticultural exports. About 60% of fine bean exports are produced by >50,000 Kenyan smallholder farmers acting as outgrowers for commercial farms. It is a crop with great potential to address food insecurity, income generation and poverty alleviation in the region. Total production is approximately 62,400 t p.a., however with 60% pack-out (40% rejects) total exports are circa 37,400 t p.a. ‘Soiling’ of beans via rainsplash accounts for >25% of these rejects. This is due to direct yield losses associated with splash transfer of plant pathogens and bean quality defects due to fungal and bacterial pathogens. Latent infection can also result in further post-harvest storage losses. This project will implement spray innovations based on anionic polyacrylamides (PAM) to minimise soiling. This will reduce yield losses & wastage and increase farm income. Field validation will be undertaken on Vegpro Kenya’s commercial farms and with selected outgrowers. Effective dissemination through Vegpro’s existing knowledge exchange pathways will facilitate rapid adoption by 5,000 smallholders that supply into Vegpro

在肯尼亚，农业部门占国内生产总值的29.3%，占全国就业的80%。肯尼亚向欧盟和英国出口的优质豆类占所有蔬菜出口的70%，占园艺出口的21%。大约60%的细豆出口是由超过50，000名肯尼亚小农生产的，他们是商业农场的外围种植者。这是一种在解决该区域粮食不安全、创收和减贫方面具有巨大潜力的作物。总产量约为62,400吨/年，然而，由于60%的包装（40%的废品），总出口量约为37，400吨/年。通过雨水飞溅的豆子“弄脏”占这些废品的>25%。这是由于与植物病原体的飞溅转移相关的直接产量损失以及由于真菌和细菌病原体引起的豆质量缺陷。潜伏感染还可能导致收获后储存损失。该项目将实施基于阴离子聚丙烯酰胺（PAM）的喷雾创新，以最大限度地减少污染。这将减少产量损失和浪费，增加农业收入。将在Vegpro肯尼亚的商业农场和选定的外围种植者进行实地验证。通过Vegpro现有的知识交流途径进行有效传播，将促进向Vegpro供应的5，000个小农户迅速采用