Fruit and vegetables promoted through a collective publication by FAO and Cl RAD

摘要

The book “FRUIT AND VEGETABLES: Opportunities and challenges for small-scale sustainable farming” is soon to be launched! The purpose of this article is not to duplicate its content; rather to explain its genesis and the long-term collective effortsover three years to come to an exceptional deliverable.Brief (hi)story of the bookIn mid-2017, when FAO’s Plant Production and Protection Division contacted CIRAD to share the authorship of this book, the idea was to build on the experience of CIRAD and partner network including ISHS, inherited from the past Global Horticulture Initiative (Lumpkin, 2007). The purpose was to integrate different visions of horticulture, including testimonies from the members of the FAO-led discussion group Sustainable Crop Production Intensification (SCPI) of horticulture crop-based system on the onehand, and the research- and innovation-oriented views of scientists on the other hand. In the meantime, the UN declared 2021 the “International Year for Fruits and Vegetables”, and from late 2019, it was therefore decided that the book should contribute directly to the promotion of the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV), by focusing on the sustainable production systems of fruit and vegetable crops.