AVRDC- The World Vegetable Center: Role of horticulture in poverty alleviation

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2006

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Taiwan: AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center

Abstract

This presentation represents the mission of AVRDC as well as how it is implimented. The mission of AVRDC is to alleviate poverty and malnutrition in the developing world through increased production, marketing and consumption of safe vegetables.

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Quality of life, Pest management, Poverty, Cash crops, Farm/Enterprise Scale

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Presented at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, April 2006