Tropical Vegetable Production
Despite efforts to improve and increase food production and supply by institutional developments during recent decades, there still remains a major food security problem in many parts of the world, especially in the tropics and subtropics. It is now being increasingly recognized and appreci...
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| Tóm tắt: | Despite efforts to improve and increase food production and supply by
institutional developments during recent decades, there still remains a major
food security problem in many parts of the world, especially in the tropics and
subtropics.
It is now being increasingly recognized and appreciated that a large propor-
tion of populations in developing countries are reliant on subsistence farm
production for their day-to-day food supply and longer-term food security. This
food source is frequently referred to as the ‘informal sector’ of food production.
The recognition of this fact was an important outcome of the G8 Conference
held in Italy in 2009 and it was also emphasized by President Barack Obama
during his address in Accra, Ghana, on 10 July, 2009. The President also stated
that ‘Aid is not an end in itself. The purpose of foreign assistance must be creating
the conditions where it is no longer needed.’
One of the most important aspects of subsistence farming is the day-to-day
availability of fresh and stored vegetables and their products. Despite what has
been achieved in the past by national and international programmes it is very
apparent that we must do signifi cantly more to ensure that the subsistence farm-
ers are able to not only increase their vegetable productivity and food security
but that their improved food supply becomes sustainable thereby improving the
health, well-being and education of their dependents and overall reduction of
poverty. Many of us who have been involved with agronomy and related
subjects in tropical environments believe that more effort has to be given to
improving food security from the bottom up, that is by improving the informa-
tion and material inputs such as improved seed, planting materials and technol-
ogy available to small farmers. There is an urgent need for more farmer training
and research which is of direct relevance to improving production on the
subsistence farms. |
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