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🔴Live now:Launch of the @FAO @Cirad Pub: Scientific Partnerships to promote Fruit & Vegetable production #IYFV2021
@MarichoMedia @faosfsafrica @go_vegetables @ishs_hort @FaoMakiko @NLinZimbabwe @basera_john @DonaldTchidoori @MaminiminiObert
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2. The pub provides comprehensive technical guidance and policy insights, with a particular focus on small-scale farmers, towards developing the fruit and vegetable sector to achieve the SDGs.#IYFV2021

3. The pub raises awareness on the critical role of fruits and vegetables in food security, nutrition, livelihoods and incomes of small-scale producers...#IYFV2021

4. This event will also be an opportunity to inform the audience of a new Memorandum of Understanding between @FAO and @ishs_hort and to introduce the International Horticultural Congress #IHC2022 in 2022 @Cirad @womdim93 @MaminiminiObert @DonaldTchidoori @AgritexS @ndakaripa

5. Agenda.
#IYFV2021

6. The pub will convince the reader to care about fruit & vege and to see that the small-scale production of these crops is fundamental to achieving sustainable development goals.The reader will learn about the challenges & rewards for producers, sellers, & consumers. #IYFV2021

7. Chapter 1: a working definition for fruit and vegetables, making the case for supporting small-scale farmers and value chains. #IYFV2021
@HortExVN @FeedtheFuture @hortleaders

8. Chapter 2: options for farm management to ensure that production is sustainable including genetic resources, seed systems, management of water, soil, nutrients, and control of pests and diseases.
#IYFV2021
@FAOAfricaADG @lmakombe

9. Chapter 3: options to integrate small-scale commercial fruit and vegetable farmers into socially inclusive value chains, including innovative post-harvest handling services, market linkages, and reducing food loss and waste. #IYFV2021
@panasheila

Chapter 4: options for practitioners and policymakers at different governmental, institutional and social levels to promote the sustainable production and consumption of safe, nutritious, and affordable fruit and vegetables. #IYFV2021 @MoLAFWRR_Zim @RuramisoM @ZFyfcz

Chapter 5: key interventions and innovations to facilitate the sustainable production of fruit and vegetables in low- and middle-income countries across the world. #IYFV2021

This publication takes readers on a journey introducing them to a diverse array of fruit and vegetables through colorfully illustrated studies from around the world. #IYFV2021

Cite as: @FAO and @CIRAD. 2021. Fruit and vegetables – Opportunities and challenges for small-scale sustainable farming. Rome.
Available⤵️
doi.org/10.4060/cb4173…
@ndakaripa @hesphina @ishs_hort @FeedtheFuture @ChicagoCouncil @go_vegetables

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To increase Fruit & Vegetable consumption in mind of the costs, Governments should consider incentives, Italy is a good case to learn from, @basera_john @MoLAFWRR_Zim @faosfsafrica #IYFV2021 @DelilahTee

@FAO encourages @MoLAFWRR_Zim @basera_john to translate the pub into local languages making it easily and fully accessible & utilizable within the local communities and contexts @DonaldTchidoori

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