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“Fruits for nutrition, poverty reduction and environment”
International Conference held at Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh 30-31 March 2010. Please find the Conference Announcement here.
Agropolis Fondation launches the Louis MALASSIS International Scientific Prize for Agriculture and Food
The Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Agriculture and Food aims to recognize individuals, or a group of individuals, for their exemplary and promising contribution in pro-moting innovation through research, development and capacity building in the North, South or in the Mediterranean in order to improve food and agricultural systems sustainability as well as contribute to addressing food security and poverty reduction.
The Prize consists of two categories:
Louis Malassis Distinguished Scientist Prize is conferred to an outstanding scientist, or a group of scientists, with a PhD degree, with at least 15 years of professional experience and who has made significant contribution in the field covered by the Prize through his/her (or their collective) work. The awardee will receive € 20 000 and a trophy.
Louis Malassis Young Promising Scientist Prize is given to a young individual, or a group of young scientists, who has carried out original and promising work in the field covered by the Prize. The awardee should be no more than 40 years old by 01 January 2010, have a PhD degree and should have at least five years of professional experience in the field covered by the Prize. The winner will receive € 20 000 and a trophy.
DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS : 20 JANUARY 2010, 14:00 GMT
Awarding Ceremony will be held during the 1st Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) on 28-31 March 2010 in Montpellier, France.
This Prize complements the Louis Malassis Literary Prize given by the “Association Paroles de paysans du monde”.
For more information visit: www.agropolis-fondation.fr/Malassis-Prize.html
New publication: Underutilized fruits and nuts
Authors: Dr. O. P. Pareek & Dr. Suneel Sharma
Publisher: Pointers Publishers, 807, Vyas Building , Chaura Rasta, Jaipur – 302 003, India.
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Publication date: 2009
ISBN: 978-81-7910-282-4
Includes Colour Plates
Price: INR. 5000.00/ $ 250.00
This publication has been brought out in two volumes. The first volume outlines ‘diversity and distribution’ of the underutilized fruits and nuts and provides collated information on their value in ‘food and nutrition security’, in ‘livelihood and income security’, and for ‘development of value added and commercially useful products’ and for ‘rehabilitation and conservation of the ecosystem’. The available information on distribution, uses, botany and culture of 56 subtropical and 39 temperate fruits has also been presented in this volume. Appendices on ‘botanical and other names of the fruits suitable for humid, semi-arid and arid regions of tropical, subtropical and temperate areas’, ‘families, genera and species’ and ‘food value’ of these fruits and their ‘use in agroforestry systems’ have been given.
The second volume provides the available information on distribution, uses, botany and culture of 157 tropical fruits that have potential to be promoted for systematic cultivation. The ‘epilogue’ given at the end of this volume outlines the suggestions on the required activities intended to be of help to develop participatory research and developmental work on the neglected and underutilized fruits.
The fruits of the subtropical and temperate groups (in first volume) and those of tropical group (in second volume) have been further divided into three sections, i.e. the fruits for humid, semi-arid and arid regions to enable selection of the right species for cultivation to suit a given environment. The fruits in each section have been arranged alphabetically according to their common names. Botanical and other names of the fruits and nuts have been given in the text. The book has been illustrated with line diagrams and coloured photographs of several of these fruits and nuts.
Besides serving as a good teaching material on different aspects of the underutilized fruits, the book should be valuable to all concerned with promoting these species in production systems and for utilizing their produce for processing and industrial uses.