First
Announcement
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON
Horticulture (ICH-2009)

Horticulture for Livelihood
Security and Economic Growth
NOVEMBER 9-12, 2009, BANGALORE, KARNATAKA, INDIA
ORGANIZED BY
Dr. PREM NATH AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (PNASF), BANGALORE
VEGETABLE SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL NETWORK (VEGINET), BANGALORE
AND
UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (UAS), BANGALORE
OUR COLLABORATORS
DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE, GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA, BANGALORE
Agricultural
Development and Rural Transformation Centre (ADRTC),
INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE (ISEC),
BANGALORE
Central Food
Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore
INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (ICAR), NEW DELHI
Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture,
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, NEW DELHI
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO), ROME
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF UNDERUTILIZED CROPS (ICUC), COLOMBO
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE (ISHS), BELGIUM
Invitation
The Organizing
Committee has a great pleasure in inviting all the scientists, students,
policy makers and progressive farmers to the International Conference on
Horticulture for Livelihood Security and Economic Growth, which
will be held in Bangalore from 9th to 12th
November, 2009.
The Conference
Many developing
countries are facing the problems of decelerated agricultural growth at
macro level coupled with falling real prices of farm products, and
contributing declining share to GDP without any considerable shift of
population from agriculture to non-agricultural sector. Added to these
problems is the problem of depleting and degrading natural base for
farming, threatening the very livelihood security of a majority of
subsistence farmers. The farming industry is getting unremunerative in
many countries of the developing world.
In India, the
policies and programmes designed and implemented in farming sector have
not addressed the problems of agricultural sector either. The failures
of identifying right growth priorities within farming sector, and design
and implementation of appropriate agricultural development policies and
programmes have culminated in farmers distress. At this juncture
horticultural crops are new hope in providing economic security and
further growth.
It is
imperative for the developing world with about 815 million people
suffering from hunger and malnutrition to realize that the production
and consumption of horticultural products could play a key role in
providing nutrition and health security to the people. Further,
given the high degree of agricultural development segmentation with a
small percentage of commercial farmers and a great majority of
subsistence farmers, horticultural development could provide an
opportunity to bring the subsistence and bypass farmers into the
development orbit; if the appropriate technological, institutional and
policy designs are identified and implemented.
The Conference is
designed to provide a common forum for all stake holders to share their
experience and expertise so as to suggest much needed
technology-institution-policy package for sustainable production and
marketing of horticultural products to augment employment-income
generation to ensure livelihood security of the subsistence farmers
without further depleting and degrading the natural resource base.
Objective:
To identify key
factors and elements influencing the sustainability of horticulture
sector in developing countries and suggest remedial measures to issues
and problems confronting this in achieving livelihood security and
increased economic growth, through participatory dialogues, exchange of
knowledge, genetic materials and human resources among all the stake
holders.
Theme Areas
The main Theme
Areas identified for the Conference are as follows:
I.
Technological Domain
1.
Improved crops
2.
Crop management
3.
Crop protection
4.
Underutilized crops
5.
Crop diversification
6.
Seed production
7.
Post-harvest management
II. Institutional and Policy Support: Socio - Economic Domains.
1. Technology Generation, Transfer and Utilization:
An
Examination of Three Subsystems
2. Screening Technologies for Horticultural Development in
Socio-Economic and Agro climatic
perspectives
3. National Agricultural Policy and Programmes
4. Economic Growth
5. Food, Nutrition and Health Security
6. Nexus between Livelihood Security and Economic Growth
7. Technology-Institution Policy Support for preventing the
Application and degradation of natural
resource base.
III
Producer- Consumers Domain
1.
Market and Supply-Chain Management
2.
Strategies for value addition: Employment and Income Generation
to Farmers.
IV. Opportunities and Future Thrusts
V. Technological Cooperation Among Developing
Countries (TCDC).
-
including VEGINET.
Presentation of papers
Papers are invited
from scientists/researchers, professors, development personnels,
policymakers, technocrats, progressive farmers and other stake holders
of horticultural sector. The results of the projects should demonstrate
its positive impact on the living conditions of farmers and its economic
growth, particularly, the food, nutrition and health security and income
generation.
Language : The official language of the Conference will be English.
The Programme
: The programme will include;
1.
Country reports by invited speakers
2.
Oral presentation on selected topics
3.
Poster presentation
4.
Panel discussions
5.
Professional Tours
6.
Social events
Preliminary
time-table key dates
1. First announcement - May, 2008
2. Second announcement -
November, 2008
3. Submission of abstracts and
Invited
papers -
April , 2009
4. Acceptance of presentation as
Oral or
poster
- June , 2009
5. Registration/accommodation
Exhibition, demonstration etc - July, 2009
6. International Conference - November, 9-12, 2009
The venue
: The Conference will be organized in Bangalore, the capital city of
Karnataka (India), The climate during November will be very pleasant
with moderate temperature and clear sky. The green city is well
connected by Road / Rail / Air. The airport is approximately 35 Km
from the city. Arrangements for transportation and stay of delegates
will be made on request.
Registration
of interest:
To have
further information on the conference please complete and return this
form.
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Please indicate you are interested in:
i. Attending the
Conference
ii. Presenting a paper-oral/poster
iii. Theme
Area
iv. Attending
professional tour
v.
Attending social events
vi. Trade
exhibitions
vii. Sponsorship to the Conference
Please send all correspondence to:
The Chairman,
Organizing
Committee,
International
Conference on Horticulture (ICH-2009),
Dr. Prem Nath
Agricultural Science Foundation,
No.9, 1st
Cross, 1st Main, 1st Block,
Rajmahal Vilas
Extension, 2nd Stage,
Bangalore 560 094, Karnataka State, India.
Tel No.: +91-80-2341
5188
Fax No.: +91- 80-
2351 1555
Email:
pnasf@vsnl.net
Website:
www.pnasf.org/news&events.htm
Date:
18.06. 2008