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Potato Seed Supply Crisis in Kenya

Stakeholders claim potato seed production declined after land in Tigoni on the outskirts of Nairobi city and Molo was grabbed. Despite good rainfall in most potato growing areas of Kenya, the potato industry is facing a serious shortage of the commodity ...

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Posted: 2010-02-03 at 04:44

New Inca lily Tangerine Tango can jazz up summer gardens

After more than 20 years of plant research, Prof. Mark Bridgen, horticulture, has developed and patented a new species of flower at Cornell’s Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center. The “Tangerine Tango” is an alstroemeria, commonly ...

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Posted: 2010-02-03 at 04:36

Opportunities for Horticulture and Horticultural Science in a Global Context

Jozef Van Assche, Executive Director of the International Society for Horticultural Science, delivered an invited speech in Bloemfontein, South Africa (University of the Free State) on the occasion of the SASHS Combined Congress 2010 from January 18-21, ...

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Posted: 2010-02-03 at 01:56

New DNA test detects global threat to banana cultivation

Scientists from the Plant Sciences Group of Wageningen UR in the Netherlands and the Brazilian research organisation Embrapa have developed a rapid DNA diagnostic to test banana plants for the much-feared cause of the Panama disease. Published in the ...

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Posted: 2010-01-29 at 10:50

VII International Symposium on Light in Horticulture – Lightsym2012

VII International Symposium on Light in Horticulture October 8-11, 2012, Wageningen (Netherlands). Light plays an important role in market-oriented greenhouse production. Products have to be ready for the market on time with the desired volume and ...

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Posted: 2010-01-21 at 04:12

 

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GlobalHort Secretariat News and Events

The Global Horticulture Initiative publishes news items and event announcements from various sources, including our partner organisations and event announcements. Below you can find the most recent news and events from the Secretariat. To view the complete list of highlights, please click here. To subscribe to the Secretariats news and events RSS Feeds, please click here.

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Recent News

- 10th Sep 2010 "Urban and Peri-urban Horticulture and the Capability Approach" article recently published in ISDA 2010, Montpellier : France (2010)

- 17th Aug 2010 Now Free for All: FAO’s Statistical Database

- 17th Aug 2010 Africa Poised for Major Expansion of Food Production, Say Leading Experts Gathered in Ouagadougou

- 16th Aug 2010 CaFAN and FAO conclude: “Regional Training Course in Agribusiness Management for Farmers’ Organisation”

- 3rd Aug 2010 AVRDC Seed Training Course Sept. 20- Dec. 10, 2010 in Thailand

Upcoming Events

20th Sep to 10th Dec 2010

Training Course: Vegetables from Seed to Table and Beyond

23rd Sep 2010

Increased Regional Trade: Opportunities and Issues

24th to 25th Sep 2010

Planning Urban Agricultural Systems for the 21st Century: Precidents, Practises, Prospects

28th to 30th Sep 2010

1st Global Summit on Metropolitan Agriculture and the Launch of the Metropolitan Agriculture Innoversity

13th Oct 2010

Environment and Sustainable Issues

News from Others

Coalition climate plan unclear - farmers - Herald Sun

Coalition climate plan unclear - farmers Herald Sun QUEENSLAND'S peak horticulture lobby has welcomed the Federal Opposition's alternative climate change policy, but says the details are shrouded in fog. ... and more »

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Posted: 2010-02-04 at 04:56

Oh, Sun...Where Art Thou?

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Posted: 2010-02-04 at 04:50

The U Can Receives Prestigious Gardening Product Recognition

The U CAN Watering System was named today at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show as one of the "The Best of the Must-Haves 2010" gardening tools by Joe Lamp'l, founder and CEO of the Joe Gardener Company.

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Posted: 2010-02-04 at 04:48

Sun Gro Horticulture Income Fund Completes Planned Covenant Amendment

Due to the seasonal nature of its business, the Fund had forecast that it would likely exceed its required senior leverage ratio of 3.0 at March 31, 2010 , but said that it expected a suitable modification to the covenant would be made prior to then with ...

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Posted: 2010-02-04 at 04:13

Dig in

While we may not all be master gardeners trained in plant science and horticulture, many home gardeners find growing food to be an addictive hobby thata s sort of a cross between arts and crafts and sports.

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Posted: 2010-02-04 at 03:18

Re: I must be mad

Since Aug. 1, 1999, interiorscapers have made 7,798,822 hits at INTERIORSCAPE.com! Reads: 340 Messages: 13 Ha, Patrice... you actually had me there for a while with that URL! Jim, no matter how fab your weather is there in San Diego, we're always ...

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Posted: 2010-02-04 at 03:05

 

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