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Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges for Promotion and Sustainable Production and Protection of the Potato Crop in Vietnam and elsewhere in Asia
Dalat, Vietnam, 25-28 November 2008
 To promote the sustainable production and protection of the potato crop, it is of paramount importance that farmers are able to implement ecologically-sound pest and disease prevention and management strategies. Of particular importance is the proper and timely diagnosis of potato diseases. For these reasons and also in commemoration of the International Year of the Potato-2008, FAO in cooperation with the Potato, Vegetable and Flower Center (PVFC) and the Plant Protection Department, MARD organized a Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges for Promotion and Sustainable Production and Protection of the Potato Crop in Vietnam and elsewhere in Asia. The workshop was held in Dalat, Vietnam from 25-28 November 2008.
The overall objective of the training was to provide participants with new concepts on opportunities and challenges on sustainable potato production and protection with focus on principles and tools for disease diagnosis, prevention and management. In particular, the workshop aimed to:
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Provide introductory/overview sessions on the importance of potato as a major food staple and cash crop for smallholder farmers in Asia;
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Provide an overview on potato production and protection and identify opportunities and challenges for promotion of the potato crop in farming systems in Vietnam and elsewhere in Asia;
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Provide hands on training in the diagnosis and epidemiology of potato diseases and their integrated management options in the field;
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Generate ideas for additional methodologies and Structured Learning Exercises to train farmers on diagnosis, prevention and management of potato diseases within the context of FFS and follow-up training activities.
 Participants came from Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam and resource persons represented various research institutes and the academe such as Bioforsk, Norway; Hanoi University of Agriculture, Vietnam; National Crop Protection Center, Philippines; Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, International Potato Institute, China, and the Potato, Vegetable and Flower Center (PVFC), Vietnam.
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