United Nations Yu A. D. 2000 years Shi again will "eradication poverty and hunger" as primary target, agricultural development and reform played very important role; Asia vegetables Research Development Center proposed "global gardening initiative" idea, March end of began full promoted, looks forward to through vegetables, and fruit, and flower, gardening products of production and sales, promote development in the national poverty population of health, and upgrade income.
Long Pujing, AVRDC Director said that the labour-intensive horticultural production per hectare provided employment opportunities for over cereals more than twice times, and the economies of scale required is relatively low, limited suitable land and abundant labour supply in the development of the country's development.
And many studies have shown that farms in developing countries in Asia and Africa, and kinds of fruits and vegetables, then much higher net income than when engaged in grain production; India plant fruit and vegetable farmers, income from five to eight times higher than grain farmers in Africa Zambia over the past 15 years, cut flower export value jumped from $ 300,000 to $ 43 million.
Center to promote the global horticulture initiative, initially focusing on sub-Saharan, extreme poverty in Africa and South Asia with the largest population, including Solanaceae and Leguminosae, Brassicaceae, Cucurbitaceae and other crops, and medicinal plant and ornamental plant.
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