7 – 8 June 2007 Workshop - Challenge Program High Value Crops - ICRAF House, Nairobi, Kenya

CP-F&V Collaboration perspectives on tropical F&V……………

ARIs capacities Case of France in a european

and international perspective

Background

Fruits&Vegetables : a global priority

Comparatives avantages to share

Added-value of partnership

Africa/SSA a priority for Europe

Consider all value chain : from fork to farm

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• Existing international coopération on vegetable CIRAD - World Vegetable Centre (AVRDC)

[CIRAD-INRA] – AVRDCTUM

Urban Harvest, RUAF, WUR, …IDRC…

• Nothing on fruits, except bananas (INIBAP)Only bilateral cooperations

Strong perspectives with GlobalHort

7 – 8 June 2007 Workshop - Challenge Program High Value Crops - ICRAF House, Nairobi, Kenya

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Challenges

F&V = High value products (cf CG priorities + GFAR/CG workshop on HVCs)

High nutritionous crops (cf WHO/FAO initiative on the promotion of F&V for Health)

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WHO/FAO Expert Consultation, 2003 and Kobe meeting, 2004:

- Recognition of positive health effects of fruits and vegetables

- But consumption far below the recommended 400g pday/cap

in many DCs

- Wordwide 2.7 millions lifes could be saved through better nutrition with F&V

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Statement

Tropical fruits an vegetables:

Under-researched crops and products ( fruits, leafy vegetables,..)

Underutilization (Often considered as luxury crops)

High post-harvest losses (perishability)

Irregular supply (seasonality)

Threatening pests and diseases (global change)

7 – 8 June 2007 Workshop - Challenge Program High Value Crops - ICRAF House, Nairobi, Kenya

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Goals

Increase consumption (health…and well being issues)

Increase availability, affordability, acceptability

Income generation

Reduce PH losses

Eco-friendly production ( IFP)

Certification of planting material

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Research activities

Genetic resources/improvement:

Citrus, Mango, Papaya, banana, pineapple,…

Tomato, pepper, cabbage,…

EU projects: Cibewu, EU-Sol,…

IVIA, ICIA, Univers Cordoba……

7 – 8 June 2007 Workshop - Challenge Program High Value Crops - ICRAF House, Nairobi, Kenya

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Research activities

Integrated Production : Ecological components Ecophysiology/Quality

IPM/ICM –Ago-ecology Plant certification Environmental impacts: risk management

EU projects : Seamless, Kassa,..WUR, UCL, Fusagx, Univ. Bologna,..

HortResearch, QDPI,…Carbap, Iita, Icipe, Avrdc, …

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Research activities

Post-Harvest Management :

PH physiology

Storage techniques

Soft/minimum processing

NRI,….

USA (Usda), Brazil (Unicamp,Embrapa,..), Costa-Rica (Cita), Benin (UAC), Senegal (ITA)…

7 – 8 June 2007 Workshop - Challenge Program High Value Crops - ICRAF House, Nairobi, Kenya

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Research activities

Nutrition/Health: Nutritional traits

Inserm, Medical UniversityINSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH (UK), CORK Univers(Ireland)

EU projects : Pavuc, NUGO, LYCOCARD

University LavalWHO, FAO, : Profel Initiative

7 – 8 June 2007 Workshop - Challenge Program High Value Crops - ICRAF House, Nairobi, Kenya

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Research activities

Markets : Market assessment Land Use and Agro-enterprise Management Quality management-Certification End-users: Impact assessment

Wye College Massachussets University, Guelph University

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Modus operandi:

Multistakeholders’joint projects

with IARCs, NARs, NGOs, farmers’associations, private sector,

focused on Africa that is a key target for EU(PAEPARD/FARA)

related to GHI and FAO/WHO Initiative

CP HVC-F&V offers a good opportunity

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Methodological approach

1- Diagnosis: current productions & markets

2- Short term: How to move from current chain to added value chain?

3- Medium term: New product development?

4- Long term: Diversification?

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1- Diagnosis: « Land use » teams

2- How to move from current chain to added value chain?

- cultural practices, water management, IPM, ICM, soil management

- IFP/IPHM - assessing and anticipating markets, certification

- Actors: co- modelling participating research, credit, capacity building, entrepreneurship, training,….knowledge sharing platform

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3- New products development ?

- Participative breeding for new varieties - New products with high value attributes ( organic, nutritious,

tasty,…) - Water an soil management

4- Diversification? - New crops to sustain HVP?

7 – 8 June 2007 Workshop - Challenge Program High Value Crops - ICRAF House, Nairobi, Kenya

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and international perspective

Thank you