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  • From: Paul Cereghino <paul.cereghino@comcast.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Symposium in Tanzania on 'underutilized plants for food nutrition, income and sust. devel.'
  • Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:36:52 -0800

If anyone is in the neighborhood...

International Symposium "Underutilized Plants for food, nutrition, income and sustainable development"

This 5-day Symposium will be held in Arusha, Tanzania 3 - 7 March 2008. It is organised under the auspices of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), recognising the need to provide a global forum for exchange and debate on issues related to the promotion of underutilized plants. The Symposium is an activity of the newly formed ISHS working group on underutilized plant genetic resources (PG3) and will be a joint event of the ISHS Commission Plant Genetic Resources and Section Tropical and Subtropical Fruits.

The Symposium will be organised around four main areas of importance for underutilized plants: food security, nutrition and health, income generation, and environmental sustainability. Participants will be invited to share and discuss reasons for success and failure of diverse approaches to promote underutilized plants.

Abstract submission deadline: 15 August 2007.

Co-convened by: International Centre for Underutilised Crops (ICUC), Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized Species (GFU), The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC), The Global Horticulture Initiative (GlobalHort), Bioversity International, Plant Resources for Tropical Africa (PROTA), The International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS).

For further information, please see: _www.icuc-iwmi.org/Symposium2008_ <outbind://24/www.icuc-iwmi.org/Symposium2008>

or contact:
Dr Hannah Jaenicke
Director, International Centre for Underutilised Crops
127 Sunil Mawatha, Colombo, Sri Lanka
phone: +94-11-2787404
fax: +94-11-2786854
email: h.jaenicke@cgiar.org




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