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Consultation
Workshop
Rome
25.-27.6.2012
Working group on
Underutilized Fruits and
Vegetables
Chair: Remi Nono-Womdim, FAO, Italy
Rapporteur:Uli Schurr, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
Briefing Note
• Current status of indigenous fruits and vegetables in
developing countries
• Ongoing large scale initiatives
• Current key constraints facing indigenous fruits and
vegetables
• Plant science opportunities for improving impact of
indigenous fruits and vegetables on poverty and food
security
• Expected outcomes & follow up
Status of Working Group
(reflecting also some special issues of the topic)
• Early phase of development of the project
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Very heterogenous with respect to
• Plants
• Environments
• Role in countries
• Stakeholders
• Relevant and necessary technologies
but ….
• high potential
• many options for specific improvement and
• significant impact in developing sustainable food system
Status of Working Group
(reflecting also some special issues of the topic)
Workgroup composition very heterogenous
Science disciplines: Molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, entymology,
plant pathology, ruit physiology, tree physiology, seed
physiology, post harvest physiology, horticulture,
conservational biology, biodiversity, breeding, plant
pathology, biodiversity, ecology, carbon relations
Stakeholder groups: Academia, funding agencies, industry, regulatory bodies,
media and communication
Implementation size: Smallholder, (relatively) large industry, trade
Diversity
• is needed to address the multitude of issues of relevance
• Will be focussed by identification of specific project objects and
objectives
Current status of indigenous fruits and
vegetables in developing countries
• “under-recognized” crops with respect to e.g. nutritional
value and opportunities for food security
• food and nutrition security policies have largely ignored
fruits and vegetables
• but high potential with respect to micronutrients, fibers,
bioactive substances
• huge diversity of indigenous crops, often undeveloped crop
production system, with little attention in systematic
genetic resources as well as knowledge about crop biology
• ….in contrast to large diversity and opportunities to
develop these crops (domestication and on farm diversity)
Current status of indigenous fruits and
vegetables in developing countries
(additons)
• Great potential (with best practice examples available) for
• Rural development
• Reforestation (e.g. fruit trees)
• Income by export/ trading
• “these crops are often the last option in stressful
environments, as they have very special physiological
properties”
• Options and needs to identify and build on traditional
knowledge
• Gap in systematic knowledge generation about these crops
• Need to make all stakeholders aware of options and
challenges (policy, strategy, etc.)
Prioritization of
crops, research topics, options, …
• Developing categories of similar challenges (e.g. leafy,
perennial, …)
• Building on existing prioritization exercises from African
organization (examples given for regions, crop types,
challenge (research) topics, ….)
Research theme
Cereals and Legumes
Genetic variation
Ethno botanical and genetic
diversity studies
Ecology
Biological studies and
ecological adaptation of NUS
Agronomy
Improvement of production
and pest management
techniques
Post-harvest and
value addition
Post harvest handling, value
addition and
entrepreneurship
Socio-economics
Socio economic studies and
value chain analysis
Leafy vegetables and
roots and tubers
Ethno-botanical studies:
Local knowledge,
economic value
Fruit trees
Biotic and abiotic
constraints: pests and
diseases, climate change,
water utilization,
Agronomy and breeding:
genetic diversity,
conservation, production
systems, domestication,
cultural practices
Value addition:
processing, product
development, branding,
post-harvest handling,
preservation, shelf life,
safety issues, etc
Ecological and biological
studies
Utilization: nutrition,
health Socio-economic
studies: marketing,
income generation, value
chain analysis
Marketing (value chain,
processing, uses, values,
development of product,
branding)
Participatory research for
up-scaling, mainstreaming
and impact delivery
Genetic studies (diversity,
collections,
domestications)
Ethnobotanical studies
Pest and disease
management
Best cultivation practices
Post harvest technology
Prioritization of
crops, research topics, options, …
(Examples)
Crops
• Amaranthus, Balanites, Irvinga, Jujube, Moringa
Topics
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Seeds (conservation of diversity, quality of seeds)
Evidence on real nutritional value
Post-harvest losses (in vegetables and fruits)
Options in the context of urbanization and food systems
Link to sanitation and (grey) water utilization
Whole system optimization (including socio-economic, market issues,
etc.)
Prioritization of
crops, research topics, options, …
(Examples)
Aims and goals to achieve
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Health, nutrition and diet diversification
Rural development and urban-rural interaction
Ecosystem services and climate change (adaptation)
Sustainable and resilient (risk reduction) food system
etc.
Potential to attract funding from donors
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Innovation
Nutrition/biodiversity conserved
Market perspective
Capacity building, education and training
Active participation of local communities
Great and new option to leverage for political
support in African politics
Outcomes
• Increase farm income
• Improved livelihood
• Wide acceptance/ uptake of resilient and nutritious crop
• Maintained, knowledge about and improved agro-diversity
• Improved food diversity and quality
• Improve health of community
• Supportive policy environment
• Enhanced NARES capacity
Outputs
• Knowledge/ information management
(incl agricultural statistics)
• Technology generation and adoption
• Enhanced germplasm
• Public and community appreciation
• Policy documents revised and improved
• Capacity building, training and education
• Market share increase by 20%
The way forward
• Utilize the prioritization exercises done by African stakeholders
to identify most relevant (by vision and low-hanging fruit)
• Target crops
• Technology and science themes ( pathology, stress, seed, postharvest, …)
• Regional specific champions
• Align challenges and competences for specific projects
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Technical
Socio-economical
Political acceptance and awareness
Funding opportunities
Identification and alignment of demands and
competences of stakeholders in Africa and Europe
First steps in competence alignments
for fruitful partnerships
Acceleration of orphan crop development (presentations)
• Non-GM improvement of underutilised fruit and vegetable crops by
tilling
• Fast Track Molecular Breeding of orphan crops by sequencing
• Development of sustainability traits in vegetables
• Integrated microbial systems with and in vegetable production
Key to successful horticultural research and partnership
• Best and motivated people
• Strengthen capacity and interaction
• Outcome – oriented, but open to curiosity for novel solution
Next steps
• Continuation of the small committee and the workgroup
• Initiation of further communication and exchange on
• Dialog workshop to inform about specific demands and
technological opportunities
(aligned to a conference in 2013)
• Action plan and first discussion with stakeholders
(potentially aligned to meetings in 2013)
• Development of information platforms for interaction
(e.g reports, whitepapers, IT-based communication, etc. )
Join the discussion !
Bring in your competence!