Inception Workshop
Horticulture CRSP held its Inception Workshop May 16-18, 2010 in Singapore at the National Institute of Education. Ninety-five participants from 34 countries around the world joined the Horticulture CRSP Management Team in a lively discussion about the potential for horticulture development to reduce poverty and imporve livelihoods around the world.
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Meeting Agenda Highlights
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- Overview of Workshop Purpose, Logistics, and Instructions - Beth Mitcham, Horticulture CRSP
- Welcome - Ron Voss, Horticulture CRSP; LEE Sing Kong, National Institute of Education; and Poonpipope Kasemsap, Kasetsart University
- Keynote Address: Enterprise Development in Rural Areas-The Case for High-Value Horticulture - James E. Simon, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Overview: The Global Horticulture Assessment - Robert Paull, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Horticulture CRSP Activities and Opportunities - Beth Mitcham, Horticulture CRSP
- Monitoring and Evaluation - Mark Bell, Horticulture CRSP
- Gender Equity - Royce Gloria Androa, Reach Your Destiny, LTD
- Information Accessibility - Mark Bell, Horticulture CRSP
- Innovative Technologies - Michael Reid, Horticulture CRSP
- Food Security, USAID and CRSP Collaboration - L. George Wilson, North Carolina State University
- Horticulture and Food Security - Lisa Kitinoja, World Food Logistics Organization
- Horticulture and Food Security - Robert Holmer, AVRDC, The World Vegetable Center
- Horticulture and Food Security - Bertha Mjawa, Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Cooperatives, Tanzania
- Summary of Inception Workshop - Ron Voss, Horticulture CRSP
Breakout Session Transcripts
Regional Issues
- Sub-Saharan Africa (notes in pdf)
- Southeast Asia (notes in pdf)
- South Asia
- Latin America (notes in pdf)
Horticultural Issues
- Markets and Market Access (notes in pdf)
- Women in High Value Horticulture (notes in pdf)
- Postharvest Handling (notes in pdf)
- Germplasm and Seed Systems (notes in pdf)
- Sustainable Production (notes in pdf)
- Microfinance for Horticulture Enterprises (notes in pdf)
Posters
- An Overview of Horticulture CRSP; Horticulture CRSP; University of California, Davis
- Bangladesh Rural Enterprise for Alleviating Poverty; Dan Gudahl; Winrock International
- Center for Fair and Alternative Trade; Douglas Murray; Center for Fair and Alternative Trade, Colorado State University
- Concentrated Solar Drying of Mangoes and Tomatoes: Design for Tanzania; Diane M. Barrett; University of California, Davis
- Cool storage and transportation; Michael Reid; University of California, Davis
- Deployment of Rapid Diagnostic Tools for Phytophthora on Horticultural Crops in Central America; Jean Beagle Ristaino; North Carolina State University
- Development of Vegetables in Zambia for Food Security, Income Generation and in Support of Tourism; Prof. Jim Simon; Rutgers University
- Distance Education to Enhance Food Security in SSA; Daryl Lund; University of Wisconsin/Int'l Union Food Sci Technol
- Diversity of vegetable crops at AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center, Regional Center for Africa; Dyno Keatinge; AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center
- Horticulture CRSP Immediate Impact Projects Quickly Address Needs in Developing Countries; Horticulture CRSP; University of California, Davis
- Horticulture in Gabon; Tristan NONDAH; IGAD, Gabonese Institute for Support to Devlopment
- Horticulture value-chain work at Michigan State University; Muhammad Siddiq; Michigan State University
- Improving Fruit Postharvest Quality through Best Management Practices for Perishable Vegetable Prod.; Craig D. Stanley, Jack Rechcigl, and Bielinski Santos; University of Florida
- Indigenous African Leafy Vegetables (ALV) for Enhancing Livelihood of Smallholder Farmers in Kenya; Stephen Craig Weller; Purdue University
- Modified atmosphere packaging reduces chilling injury mango fruit; Saichol Ketsa; Kasetsart University Nutritional/Economic
- New Technology for Post-harvest Drying and Storage of Horticultural Seeds; Kent J. Bradford; University of California, Davis
- Orange Flesh Sweetpotato (OFS) Products; Eunice Bonsi; Tuskegee University
- Organic Vegetable Production in Esteli, Nicaragua; Juan C Diaz-Perez; University of Georgia
- Participatory IPM CRSP activities among smallholder Horticultural growers in East Africa; Dr. Monicah Waiganjo; Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
- Post Harvest Research at the Industrial Technology Institute; Dr Shanthi Wilson Wijeratnam; Industrial Technology Institute
- Poverty Alleviation Through a Horticultural Research and Development; Dr. Michael Masanza; Uganda Christian University
- Processing technologies to ensure food safety; Yen Con Hung; University of Georgia
- Promoting Fruit and Vegetable Production in Nkokonjeru, Uganda; Ignitius Bwoogi; Rural Agency for Sustainable Development
- Reaching out to empower farmers; Dharmalingam S. Pitchay; Tennessee State University
- Research activities in horticulture in the CNMI; Dilip Nandwani; Northern Marianas College
- Smiles of Strawberry; Ronjeev Das; FruitValley Strawberry Nursery
- Sustainable Production of Specialty Horticultural Crops in Ghana for Income Generation and Export; Prof. Jim Simon; Rutgers University
- Testing a concept for delivery of distance education in the sub-Saharan Africa food industry; Daryl Lund; University of Wisconsin-IUFoST
- Variation of Total Lactones as Affected by Shading, Harvesting Stages and Varieties of Andrographs; Yingyong Paisooksantivatana; Kasetsart University
- Vegetable Project in Central America; James Nienhuis; University of Wisconsin
