Shared with permission from AGEXPORT’s Youtube channel. Learn more about AGEXPORT here.
As part of the ASPIRE Project (Achieving Sustainable Partnerships for Innovation, Research and Entrepreneurship), funded by USAID and implemented by MIT, UVG, and AGEXPORT, a key study was carried out to address post-harvest losses in sugar snap peas and snow peas. The research highlighted in this video, focused on developing prevention and treatment strategies in the Chimaltenango and Sacatepéquez regions.
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Aspiring to sustainable development: In parallel, MIT and Universidad Del Valle de Guatemala students seek to advance local innovation by and for Guatemalan communities.
The Achieving Sustainable Partnerships for Innovation, Research and Entrepreneurship (ASPIRE) Project is a five-year, $15 million project funded by USAID and implemented by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG), and the Guatemalan Exporters Association (AGEXPORT), with the goal of creating a world-class replicable model for how universities, in collaboration with the private sector, government, and local communities, can respond to local and regional development needs. The project implements a collaborative approach, based on MIT’s experience in the innovation ecosystem.
