Capacity building WP4: Stakeholders have increased capacity to implement options related to trade and technologies

By R.J. Holmer and S.A. de LimaAVRDC – The World Vegetable CenterEast and Southeast Asia

Outline

Activities 2012 Overview of AVRDC International Vegetable

Training Course (IVTC) Way forward 2013 – 2014

Summary of AVRDC activities

Establishment and coordination of the network (Work Package 1)– The project planning and inception workshop in Bogor

from 13-14 March 2012

Development of a portfolio of best practices for agricultural technologies (Work Package 2)– AVRDC’s recommended technologies and some of our

partners were submitted– Sharing of tools and other information

Summary of AVRDC activities

Innovative knowledge sharing (Work Package 4)– In-country and regional trainings were discussed and

prioritized– Building networks and expanding the contact

database for the regional and in country trainings in Southeast Asia were done through the ASEAN-AVRDC Regional Network on Vegetable

Research and Development (AARNET) the participants and alumni of AVRDC’s International

Vegetable Training Course (IVTC), AVRDC’s website and Facebook site AVRDC’s newsletter “FRESH”

International Vegetable Training Course (IVTC)

31 years of capacity building 689 total trained participants from Africa, South Asia,

Central Asia, East and Southeast Asia, Latin America, Pacific

546 or 79% from East and Southeast Asia

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Cambodia

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Korea

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International Vegetable Training Course (IVTC)

Objectives:

Aimed at enhancing the technical, scientific, and managerial skills to contribute to sustainable development through increased production and consumption of health promoting vegetables.

Emphasized on advanced and sustainable vegetable production and postharvest technologies, farmers’ education, marketing and human health and nutrition.

Vegetables: From Seed to Table and Beyond

International Vegetable Training Course (IVTC)

Modules

Module 1: From Seed to Harvest

Module 2: From Harvest to Table

Module 3: Vegetables for Sustainable Development

Module 1: From Seed to Harvest

Topics

Germplasm Conservation, Seed Health and Seedling Management

Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)

Vegetable Breeding

Integrated Disease Management

Integrated Pest Management

Farmer Field School

Module 2: From Harvest to Table

Topics Good Agricultural and

Manufacturing Practices Vegetable Postharvest

technologies Vegetables, Human Nutrition

and Health Linking vegetable producers

with consumers Farmer Field School

Module 3: Vegetables for Sustainable Development

Topics Sustainable development issues, approaches to

development and development communication Environment and natural resources Proposal writing, monitoring and evaluation Development Action Planning

Delivery Approaches

Way forward: Residential training

32nd IVTC SATNET partner countries 72 participants from these countries

for 1 module– 36 participants for 2013 ( 12

participants/module)– 36 participants for 2014

In-country training

At least 120 people trained in 4 countries of Southeast Asia (4 @ 10 people @ 3 workshops @ 5 days)– Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Indonesia

Technologies / Topics to be included in the training will be tailored to the needs of the country

Thank you