Initiatives

Awareness Raising Conference on Horticulture for Development (ARCH), Brussels, June 25, 2007 

Advocating and lobbying for horticulture and horticultural sciences

• Advertising and supporting horticultural events targeting developing countries
• Creating new funding opportunities and resources for horticulture from institutional or private donors
• Promoting any program for assessing productivity, profitability, safety and sustainability of horticultural crop production in developing countries
• Stimulating and promoting the creation of new and sustainable economic opportunities for small-scale farmers and landless laborers in developing countries
• Interfacing with other global initiatives (FAO-WHO, GAIN, …) to strengthen human health and horticultural plant sciences