1. Introduction
The Imani Women Group (IWG) in Siha district, Kilimanjaro province, Tanzania, is
comprised of seventy (70) active members who grow fresh beans and peas to supply to
Home Vegetable Limited (HomeVeg). HomeVeg is a local fresh vegetable exporting
company that ships high quality vegetables to EU customers. HomeVeg would like to
expand their operations to more EU buyers, but to do so HomeVeg requires from smallscale
grower groups like IWG to increase their knowledge and experience in harvesting
and post-harvest handling of their crops. For IWG to sell more of their production to
HomeVeg, the group needs to adopt good agricultural practices and meet export
standards. Once done, it is anticipated IWG will be able to reduce the amount of their
post-harvest losses from the current 20-40% to 10-15%. This will significantly increase
their sales and income and help to reduce poverty among IWG members (Kissinga,
2011).