# HORTICULTURE INNOVATION LAB

**Source**: https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ipia/what-we-do-pages/international-research/hort-innovation.html
**Parent**: https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ipia/what-we-do-pages/international-research/intl-research.html

Our work with the [Horticulture Innovation Lab](https://horticulture.ucdavis.edu/) is committed to six pillars:\

- Improving horticultural systems, from seed to consumption, as a result of collaborative research.
- Improving the nutritional status of people as a result of including horticultural crops in diets.
- Increasing empowerment of women and disadvantaged groups working in horticulture.
- Improving opportunities for smallholders and entrepreneurs in horticultural markets.
- Increasing capacity of scientists, development professionals, farmers, students, intermediaries, and institutions to address horticultural challenges.
- Improving access to reliable horticultural information.

[African Farmers Develop Indigenous Vegetables, Stephen Weller, PI of a USAID Horticulture Innovation Lab project (video)​](https://vimeo.com/106964329)

For more information:

- **Peter Hirst**, *Professor of Horticulture*, [hirst@purdue.edu](mailto:hirst@purdue.edu)
- **Ariana Torres**, *Assistant Professor of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture*, [torres2@purdue.edu](mailto:torres2@purdue.edu)