May 17 in Parallel Session 8A "Building Resilience by Improving Health, Nutrition, and Knowledge". Presented by Dyno Keatinge, The World Vegetable Center.

1. International Society
for Horticultural Science
THE GLOBAL HORTICULTURE INITIATIVE

2. Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture
(AIRCA)
“Healthy soils, healthy crops, fish & livestock,
healthy families, healthy farms and healthy landscapes”

3. Why GlobalHort, AVRDC and AIRCA
say Fruit and Vegetables are vital in
building dietary diversity &
resilience and…so are pulses,
eggs, fish and smallstock etc.
in promoting
good health amongst
poor, young, malnourished
women and children
UN Sustainable Development Goal 6: Improve agriculture systems and raise rural prosperity
Shifting towards healthier diets;
Ensuring the supply of safe, nutritious food;
Preserving the environment;
Reducing food losses and waste;
New visions and business models for
smallholders;
Empowering women along the value chain; and
Coherent policies at all levels.

4. FRUIT & VEGETABLES
daily fruit & veg consumption = 400 g
200 g of each, daily =
 more nutritious diets
 healthier children and adults
 more resilient individuals
and households
standard weight of football = 396 g
RAW
COOKED
HOW MUCH
IS
400 GRAMS?
Nutrients in vegetables
• Improve children’s ability to
and learn
• Improve adults’ capacity to
and earn
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center promotes
vegetable consumption through
• Home and school gardens
• Recipes
• Food processing training
Building resilience through improved human health

5. Nutrient-Dense Approach to Fruit and Vegetables for Improved Household Resilience in the HumidTropics
Nightshade
Cowpea
Moringa
Bittergourd
Slippery
cabbage
Yardlong bean
Malabar spinach
Making nutritious fruit and vegetables available, accessible and useful
Durian African plumStar fruit
Bush Mango
High A Toms
Building Resilience through more diverse farming systems with fruit, vegetables, pulses etc.

6. Variation in average annual air temperature (oC)
at AVRDC, Shanhua, Taiwan 1975-2013
Prepare for Global Warming Now!
2025 is only one breeding, production and distribution cycle away
22.5
23.0
23.5
24.0
24.5
25.0
25.5
26.0
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
AvetempoC
Year
Ave Temp - AVRDC, Shanhua 1975-2013
Y= -63.92 + 0.044X, R2=0.53, P<0.01, (n=39)
See Keatinge et al.
2013 and 2014
4.4 oC increase
Per 100 years
Insect & plant
disease effects
are coming!
Better resilience by reducing overall risks

7. Tomato – enhanced pest resistance, higher nutrient-density, better post-harvest tra
qualities and improved marketability
45t+ of improved seed of AVRDC-
derived varieties sold by private sector
in 2013/14 in over 12 sub-Saharan
African countries. Variety Tanya
dominates regional processing industry.
Wholesale market Arusha, Tanzania
Darsh Industries Arusha, 14/4/14
Building resilience: reducing potential losses, growing more profitable crops with high market demand

8. Transforming rural livelihoods and landscapes:
Sustainable improvements to incomes, food security
and the environment
White Paper Published in October 2013 by the AIRCA Centers
Vegetable soya bean a new
healthy crop for a healthy
landscape in NE India
Prosperity for the Poor and Health for All!
Building resilience through: