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International Symposium on Socio-Economic Impact of Modern Technique in Vegetable Production in Tropical Asia (Chiang Mai, 3-6 Feb. 2008)

The International Symposium on Socio-Economic Impact of Modern Technique in Vegetable Production in Tropical Asia (Chiang Mai, 3-6 Feb. 2008), recommendations issued from there were proposed and discussed amongst a panel of public and private actors for improving innovation transfer and adoption by the tropical Asian vegetable producers. 

Much has been talked about breeding, seed production and marketing, but choosing improved varieties is not the single technology needed to increase producers’ benefit.  A technical package of good and simple practices should accompany the genetic improvement.

Thailand

As a demonstrative example, a few pictures taken in February by GlobalHort in Chiang Mai, Thailand (left hand) and in Arusha, Tanzania (right hand) on a similar cucumber crop: planting in row, on benches, using plastic mulching, rational sticking, watering in furrows are commonly used in Thailand and could help Tanzanian farmers manage more efficiently water, weeds and labour. 

Proposed areas for recommendations and improvements on Public-Private Partnership: 

  1. Information management (statistics, access to)
  2. Capacity building, training and networking: for public and private sector at any level
  3. Encouraging good practices and simple techniques
  4. Food safety: carrot and stick (promotion campaign and awards, control and certification tools)
  5. Developing risk management strategies (credit, GMO, organics…) through new type of extension?
  6. Seed industry: more defined roles for each part  (GMO, organics, IPR, genetic resources)
  7. Empowering farmers to share higher benefits from vegetable farming

Click here for the recommendations for improvements on Public-Private Partnership in the Vegetable Sector in Tropical Asia

Resources

Associations/Centers

APSA - Asia & Pacific Seed Association

Bioversity International

Indonesian Vegetable Research Institute

International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). Vegetable Section.

The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC) 

Conferences/Publications

Acta Horticulturae Vegetable Meetings

Publications

Lost Crops of Africa. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. Vol. II: Vegetables, 2006

Seed Companies

East-West Seeds International

Seminis

Tropical Plant Databases

Prota/Hortivar

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