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Horticulture roadmap summary. The road to sustainable horticulture 2024-2034

  • Publication | 2026
Global Food and Nutrition Security

Fruits and vegetables are vital for health: they help to combat the vitamin and micronutrient deficiencies and unbalanced diets linked to increased consumption of ultra-processed foods. However, horticulture worldwide faces major challenges: high synthetic pesticide use, dependence on water supplies, decreased soil fertility and high pre- and postharvest losses. CIRAD is supporting the sector’s agroecological transition, to allow it to produce sustainably while improving working conditions and incomes, notably for the most vulnerable.

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19 Oct 2026

Related organisation(s)CIRAD - Centre de Cooperation International en Recherché Agronomique pour le Development
Knowledge service | MetadataGlobal Food and Nutrition Security | Food crises and food and nutrition securitySustainable Food Systems | Access to foodAgroecological practiceFood systems transformationHorticultureValue chain analysisWater management
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