Partners
The Global Horticulture Initiative is a consortium of national and international organizations, institutions, and agencies working towards the common goal of improving global health and prosperity through horticultural crops. It is a virtual international center of excellence dedicated to research for development in horticulture and based on the idea that horticultural themes must be addressed in an integrated and harmonized way rather than in a disciplinary, competitive environment.
Horticultural information management experiences with HORTIVAR, RADHORT, VEGINET initiatives have highlighted the need for concerted and synergized efforts in promoting and supporting horticulture. The Global Horticulture Initiative offers an umbrella for the horticulture community to filter and facilitate horticultural information and research programs. Through a virtual platform of horticultural information, the Global Horticulture Initiative with its member links will provide a portal for the scientific community to submit ideas for tender, identify partnerships in public and private sectors, learn from end users about their needs, and develop project proposals for more integrated, efficient and effective research programs.
This Consortium has established partnerships that are inclusive, interdisciplinary and international. The core membership of the Global Horticulture Initiative consists of international agricultural research centers that focus on horticultural crops, such as AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center, national agricultural research and extension systems, advanced research institutes such as CIRAD or WUR, private sector institutions, nongovernmental organizations, and other international organizations concerned with horticulture and human nutrition such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), and the World Health Organization (WHO).
The pages in this section focus on the partner organisations of the Global Horticulture Initiative:
- AVRDC- The World Vegetable Center
- CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
- CIRAD - Centre de cooperation internationale en recherche agronomique pour le
développement - CTA - Centre technique de coopération agricole et rurale ACP-UE
- FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization
- IFAP - International Federation of Agricultural Producers
- INRA - Institut national de la recherche agronomique
- ISHS - International Society for Horticultural Science
- PROTA - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa