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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.

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:

Information management (statistics, access to)
Capacity building, training and networking: for public and private sector at any level
Encouraging good practices and simple techniques
Food safety: carrot and stick (promotion campaign and awards, control and certification tools)
Developing risk management strategies (credit, GMO, organics…) through new type of extension?
Seed industry: more defined roles for each part (GMO, organics, IPR, genetic resources)
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

CIP Announces a 5-year Sweetpotato Initiative (SASHA)

Published on 7^th Jan 2010

The Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa (SASHA) is a 5-year initiative designed to improve the food security and livelihoods of poor families in Sub-Saharan Africa by exploiting the untapped potential of sweetpotato. It will develop the essential capacities, products, and methods to reposition sweetpotato in food economies of Sub-Saharan African countries to alleviate poverty and undernutrition, particularly among poor women and children.

SASHA is a project of the International Potato Center (CIP). As part of the broader, 10-year, multi-donor Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative, the SASHA project is expected to set the groundwork for improving the lives of 10 million Sub-Saharan households in 10 years.

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