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RAP PUBLICATION 2008/07
WORKSHOP TO COMMEMORATE Bangkok, Thailand, 6 May 2008
Edited
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS |
This publication brings together edited manuscripts of papers presented
at the Workshop to Commemorate
The International Year of the Potato - 2008, held at FAO, Bangkok, Thailand, 6 May 2008.
The Workshop was organized and sponsored
by the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
in cooperation with the Government of Peru
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© FAO 2008
Welcome and introductory statement
by Dr He Changchui
Address
by H.E. Carlos Velasco Mendiola
Inaugural address
by H.E. Theerachai Saenkaew
Keynote address
by Dr Pamela K. Anderson
An overview of potato production in Asia and the Pacific region: markets, development and constraints
by Dr Fernando N. Ezeta
Policies and strategies conducive to potato development in Asia and the Pacific region
by Dr H.P. Singh
Potato research priorities in Asia and the Pacific region
by Dr S.K. Pandey
The status of organic potato production in China
by Dr Kaiyun Xie
The importance of quality potato seed in increasing potato production in Asia and the Pacific region
by Dr Fengyi Wang
Post-harvest issues of potatoes in Asia and the Pacific region
by Dr Sarath Ilangantileke
Potatoes, poverty and participation: making rural institutions and markets work for the poor
by Dr Dindo M. Campilan
Farmer field school for potato integrated pest management: educating Asian farmers to grow healthy and profitable potato crops
by Dr Jan Ketelaar