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Horticultural crops (fruits, fall leaves vegetables, roots and tubers) are an essential part of the diet of people in the central African country. They thus contribute to food security and nutrition. FAO (United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture) catch a glimpse organization set up around these crops in six central African countries, including the Republic of Congo.
The agricultural sector represents both opportunities and challenges. It helps in these six countries (Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Chad and Congo) to 17.5% of gross domestic product (GDP). It is also a source of income and employment for the majority of the population. Subsistence fall leaves farming is the practice and the most common. However, many obstacles resident to reduce dependence on food imports.
FAO has identified several factors inherent constraints to increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables, including lack of sector development policy and strategy; the difficulty of access and lack of availability. In terms of access, it is noted that relating fall leaves to inputs and quality seeds of improved varieties.
"Horticulture is an activity fall leaves of choice can contribute to food and nutrition security, while generating jobs and income fall leaves (...) urban and peri-urban horticulture offer exciting opportunities to address these challenges," fall leaves meant FAO, noting that the urban population is growing year by year. This poses many challenges fall leaves for municipal and national authorities, insofar as housing, food, employment and basic social services fall leaves are largely inadequate to meet the needs of city dwellers.
A 3-year project fall leaves to develop the horticulture Therefore, urban and peri-urban horticulture is seen as an opportunity to reduce this stress by improving household fall leaves food security while providing a more balanced fall leaves nutrition and employment through the various components of value chains of the products concerned.
Thus, the sub-regional office for FAO Central Africa has initiated a project, "The Urban enhanced food security in Central Africa through improved availability of locally produced food." fall leaves The latter fall leaves is intended fall leaves to contribute fall leaves to this goal by targeting women, urban youth and a wide range of actors and stakeholders. It is about ensuring that activities are profitable for everyone in 3 years. The FAO program for urban and peri-urban horticulture adopted a five-point approach fall leaves to develop the sector.
The focus will be on sustainable intensification of production, the development of seed systems, selection of high yielding cultivars and valuable; the value added through fall leaves processing, environmental protection and sustainability.
As part of this sub-regional project, two pilot cities were selected fall leaves for Congo - Brazzaville: Ouesso and Pointe-Noire. The first national launch workshop is organized in Ouesso (10-11 February). The second will be held in Pointe-Noire, from 17-18 February. They bring together the main players in the horticultural industry, representatives of beneficiaries and implementing partners.
Note that the organization of the national workshops follows the launch of the sub-regional workshop held from 11 to 12 November 2014 in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Given the specificity and priorities of different countries benef