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Expert Consultation Workshop on Horticulture
Governments and development organizations in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region are keen to tap the market potential of horticultural products as a means to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. To better understand the prospects and constraints, ICARDA and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) organized an Expert Consultation Workshop on the ‘Role of Domestic and Export Marketing of Horticultural Commodities in Poverty Alleviation in the NENA Region’.

Dr Mona Bishay (second right), Director of IFAD's NENA Division, and Dr Mahmoud Solh (second left), Director General of ICARDA, opened the 'Expert Consultation Workshop on Horticulture'. Others in the picture are Dr William Erskine (left), ADG Research, ICARDA; and Dr Colin Piggin, Director of the Diversification Program, ICARDA.

The workshop was held at ICARDA, 13-15 March 2007. There were over 35 participants, representing NARS, universities and development organizations from Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey; as well as international organizations such as AVRDC, CIRAD, FAO, ICARDA, IFAD and The World Bank.

Key agreements reached included:
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 A strategy document will be produced, based on the workshop deliberations, on opportunities for horticultural development in the NENA region.
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 A NENA horticulture group will be formed, with the participation of NARS, ICARDA, IFAD, CIRAD, AVRDC, ISHS, FAO, World Bank and Bioversity International.

 
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