Michael Reid Leader, Innovation & Special Projects HORTICULTURE - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Michael Reid Leader, Innovation & Special Projects HORTICULTURE Meeting Title/Date 1 Funded by USAID Spearheaded by UCD, MSU, UH, Purdue, AVRDC Global consultation Synthesis of major constraints Evaluation of
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Leader, Innovation & Special Projects
Meeting Title/Date
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} Access to markets } Postharvest losses } Food safety } Germplasm } Sustainable production } Information and education } Government policy
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} “A Collaborative Research Support
} Work closely with AVRDC and its CGIAR
} Center for knowledge generation, capacity
} Partner with individual, regional, and global
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} Development of phytosanitary and
} Development of small- scale agrochemical
} Establishment of a Global Horticulture
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} One of 10 USAID funded CRSPs } UCDavis (lead), NCSU, Cornell, and UH } 5 year initial award } Focused on the entire value chain } Themes
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} To apply research findings and
} To build local scientific and
} To facilitate the development of
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} $75,000 to $1 mil } Africa: Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
} Latin America: Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru
} South and Southeast Asia: Bangladesh,
Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam
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} Improving Seed Systems } Tackling Issues in Production and Marketing } Testing and Transferring Innovative
} Reducing Postharvest Losses } Keeping the Food Supply Safe } Improving Household Nutrition } Delivering Information and Building Capacity
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} 4,935 rural households reached. } Over 100 new technologies under research. } Over 10,000 hectares under improved
} Over 108 students engaged in projects. } 18,297 people trained (51%
businesses, postharvest technologies, food safety, rapid pathogen diagnostics, processing…
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} Demand driven. Aimed at intermediary
} Credible. Adds value to and builds on
} Focused. Practical “how to” information } http:/ / hortkb.weebly.com
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} Establish in recognized regional institutions } Will become regional foci for Horticulture
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} Work closely with AVRDC and its CGIAR
} Center for knowledge generation, capacity
} Partner with individual, regional, and global
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} Example projects
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} Access to markets } Postharvest losses } Food safety } Germplasm } Sustainable production } Information and education } Government policy
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} Global Assessment
} LAC assessment
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} Unattended areas?
insurance
} Scaling
} Everything? } Our core themes?
gender
} Applied to our core
programs?
education
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