Core Activities

The Global Horticulture Initiative promotes research in horticulture and horticultural sciences for the developing countries. Four core activities fulfil this general objective:

1. Promoting research for development projects through complementary grants programs
2. Networking the development players of the world's widely distributed horticultural
   community
3. Coordinating training and capacity building in both private and public sectors
4. Advocating and lobbying for horticulture and horticultural sciences

The Global Horticulture Initiative will maintain a flexible open-door policy as regards to the submission of ideas and research proposals requesting support. Ideas may be submitted to the following web address: www.globalhort.org. The criteria for research funding was identified at the Global Horticulture Initiative launch workshop in Montpellier, March 2006.

Proposed research should demonstrate a positive impact on health and nutrition, poverty alleviation and environmental integrity; be sustainable beyond project implementation; have a high return on investment; and be interdisciplinary, bridge horticulture sectors (public-private partnerships) and have an international component.

This first section above includes Research Grants,  Network & Communities are described in the second section, the third includes Capacity Building and the fourth Lobbying.