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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). IHC Seoul 2006 FAO-MAF Korea Joint Workshop Enhancing Production and Consumption of Safe and High Quality Fruit and Vegetables Introduction to FAO-WHO Initiative on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption for Health Alison Hodder

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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  1. . Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) IHC Seoul 2006 FAO-MAF Korea Joint Workshop Enhancing Production and Consumption of Safe and High Quality Fruit and Vegetables Introduction to FAO-WHO Initiative on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption for Health Alison Hodder Horticultural Crops Group, FAO

  2. Fruit and vegetables for health • Simple messages: • Increased consumption of fruit and vegetables desirable within the context of ensuring a better general dietary pattern • 400g daily per capita intake of a variety of fruits and vegetables – a population goal • Role of F&V in diets equally relevant, whether for preventing (malnutrition-related) micronutrient deficiency or prevention of (over-nutrition-related) non-communicable diseases

  3. Av. per Capita Fruit & Veg. Supply2001 Intake goal Supply/consumption of fruit and vegetables - how are we doing? • Averages mask variations among regions, countries and communities within them • Average supply figures need to be corrected for realistic post-harvest losses and wastage • Allowing for estimated losses and wastage, a gap emerges between actual availability and need based on intake goals - indicating potential for growth

  4. The challenge of boosting consumption • Increasing consumption key to realising potential contribution of fruit and vegetables to health, income, food security • 2 major determinants: • nutrition education: public awareness about importance of F&V in balanced diets • a competent, efficient supply chain

  5. Areas of emphasis and intervention • Addressing supply chains/consumer domains at various levels: • home garden – nutrition and food security orientation • urban and peri-urban horticulture – nutrition and livelihood orientation • commercial, specialized production – income and consumer health orientation • over-arching framework needed to facilitate working linkages and value-adding around these very different areas of activity • linkages, partnerships, strategic alliances to ensure an integrated approach to policy, strategy and technology development

  6. Interventions targeting different supply chains/consumer domains 1. Home gardens • Receives low priority even where important: need for policy work • Integrated nutrition education and horticulture extension programmes • A clear link with school gardens and horticultural education 2. Urban and peri-urban horticulture • there is nothing new about peri-urban horticulture • the challenge is not so much to promote it, but rather, to enable, support and organize it

  7. Interventions targeting different supply chains/ consumer domains 3. Commercial & specialized production • Income, market and diet/consumer health orientation possibilities • Role of GAP increasingly important to ensure food safety and worker health, environmental sustainability, economic efficiency, social responsibility and hence access to markets • Potential for smallholders’ involvement through contract farming

  8. FAO-WHO Joint Initiative Promoting Fruit and Vegetable Consumption for Health • Kobe Framework promoting interdisciplinary action, national initiatives based on health-agriculture-trade partnerships FAO & partners: • nutrition education • capacity building for improving efficiency, quality and food safety in production, post-harvest, marketing WHO & partners: • generic promotion of F&V as healthy food with strong public health sector endorsement • design of programmes with impact monitoring and evaluation built in as essential elements

  9. Overall aims and objectives of this workshop Main aims: • Exchange of ideas on implementing the “Kobe Framework” for promoting fruit and vegetable consumption at national level among horticulture and health/nutrition experts from East Asian countries; • Foster and strengthen the collaborative work between health and agriculture sectors for fruit and vegetable promotion.

  10. Overall aims and objectives of this workshop Objectives and process: • review the existing fruit and vegetable policies, programmes and activities already ongoing in Asian countries; • characterize fruit and vegetable production and consumption in Asian countries; • identify elements of country-specific programmes/action plans on implementing the WHO/FAO Framework for promoting fruit and vegetables at national level.

  11. IHC Seoul 2006 FAO-MAF Korea Joint Workshop Enhancing Production and Consumption of Safe and High Quality Fruit and Vegetables Thank you

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