PROGRAMME AREA:
RURAL HOUSEHOLD HORTICULTURE

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE:
To promote horticulture-based and subsistence-oriented production systems for household food security and improved nutrition mainly for rural families.

This programme aims at guiding the development of national policies and strategies to improve the output, quality and quantity of subsistence horticulture production, particularly in poor and remote regions.

Particular attention is paid to integrated programmes for improving small-holder horticultural food production, particularly at household level. These are based on the cultivation of improved lines of traditional crops of high nutritive value, and the use of sustainable growing systems which ensure year-round harvest of fruits, vegetables and horticultural staples.