Vegetable, fruit, and staple crop production and input use: Baseline findings from the FRESH end-to-end evaluation

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Vegetable Center
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Institute of Medical Research Mwanza
cg.contributor.affiliationSokoine University of Agriculture
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Fund
cg.contributor.initiativeFruit and Vegetables for Sustainable Healthy Diets
cg.contributor.programAcceleratorBetter Diets and Nutrition
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierLilia Bliznashka: 0000-0003-2084-1141
cg.creator.identifierMalick Dione: 0000-0001-6154-814X
cg.creator.identifierRock Zagre: 0000-0003-4125-6566
cg.creator.identifierDeanna Olney: 0000-0002-2420-8565
cg.creator.identifierNeha Kumar: 0000-0001-7982-3277
cg.howPublishedGrey Literature
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number3
cg.placeWashington, DC
cg.reviewStatusInternal Review
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
dc.contributor.authorBliznashka, Lilia
dc.contributor.authorDione, Malick
dc.contributor.authorZagré, Rock Romaric
dc.contributor.authorBoniface, Simon
dc.contributor.authorDinssa, Fekadu
dc.contributor.authorMwambi, Mercy
dc.contributor.authorMbwambo, Omary
dc.contributor.authorMwombeki, Wiston
dc.contributor.authorJeremiah, Kidola
dc.contributor.authorMalindisa, Evangelista
dc.contributor.authorKinabo, Joyce
dc.contributor.authorCunningham, Kenda
dc.contributor.authorOlney, Deanna K.
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Neha
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-18T15:16:08Z
dc.date.available2025-07-18T15:16:08Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/175687
dc.titleVegetable, fruit, and staple crop production and input use: Baseline findings from the FRESH end-to-end evaluationen
dcterms.abstractIn 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.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientists
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBliznashka, 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. FRESH Research Brief 3. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute.
dcterms.extent17 p.
dcterms.isPartOfFRESH Research Brief
dcterms.issued2025-07-17
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/138874
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/173282
dcterms.subjectcapacity building
dcterms.subjectvegetables
dcterms.subjectfruits
dcterms.subjectstaple foods
dcterms.subjectcrop production
dcterms.subjectfarming systems
dcterms.typeBrief

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