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- 1. Fruit and Vegetable Production in the Developing World By: Scott Venner
- 2. Past production • From 1986-1995 production in developing countries increased by 4.11% annually • In Vietnam vegetables provide about $650 of added value per farm • South America number 1 exporter of fruits and vegetable for developing countries • China experiencing greatest growth in fruit and vegetable production
- 3. Challenges • Poor infrastructure • Lack of food standards and grading • Importer concerns about food safety • Absence of cold storage.
- 4. Positive effects • food specialists believe that spicy vegetables can help dissolve fat and reduce its sediment in human tissues. • Some specialists believe that spicy foods help the human body to be cancer- resistant • Producers of cotton, sugar and tobacco diversify into fruit and vegetables, maintaining better soil quality
- 5. Future production • As Global Warming continues and the atmosphere continues to have a greater amount of CO2 in the air oranges will experience greater growth with higher levels of vitamin C • Future Vegetable production will depend on improving people's standard of living • China wants to develop or to introduce spicy vegetables
- 6. Summary • Fruit and vegetable production has increased dramatically since the 1980’s • This industry provides many jobs in countries with already high unemployment • Fruit and vegetable consumption has increased greatly resulting in less micro nutrient deficiencies • Challenges are slow to be worked out but they are being fixed as needed. • This industry looks like an economically viable industry for the future in these countries
- 7. References • Science Direct, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment Volume 90, Issue 1, June 2002, Pages 1-7 Published by Elsevier Science B.V http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T3Y-4606S0V-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_f • Andrea Segrè GLOBAL HORTICULTURAL IMPACT: FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, June 1998 Rome Italy http://www.agrsci.unibo.it/wchr/wc1/segre.html • M . VAN DUYN, Overview of the Health Benefits of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption for the Dietetics Professional Selected Literature Journal of the American Dietetic Association , Volume 100 , Issue 12 , Pages 1511 - 1521 http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S000282230000420X • Google Images http://images.google.com/imghp?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox- a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&btnG=Search+Images