Meet on indigenous vegetables from Dec 12

A four-day international conference on indigenous vegetables and legumes is being jointly organized by AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat), Bioversity International, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) and the Global Horticulture Initiative, at Icrisat's Patancheru campus from December 12.

More than 220 scientists working on indigenous vegetables and legumes are expected to participate in the conference, which is expected to create a forum of experts in the field of indigenous vegetable and legume research and development.

This forum will develop strategies and work to promote the use of indigenous vegetables and legumes worldwide, ICrisat stated in a press release here on Wednesday.

The technical sessions during the conference will include discussions on genetic conservation, biodiversity conservation, breeding and biotechnology for crop improvement, farming systems, seed production technologies, post-harvest processing, value addition, marketing, and the development of research strategies and policies.