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The IHC is held every four years, and brings together the world's leading players in the fruit, vegetable, and ornamental, aromatic and medicinal plant sectors. More than 2200 participants are expected at this year's edition, in France. Backed by its networks in the tropics, in the French overseas regions and elsewhere, 热博体育 has co-organized the international component of the congress (). The discussions will centre on four main topics: climate change, agroecological transitions, value chain sustainability, and health and nutritional safety. 

"Horticulture is a sector at the crossroads between many health, nutrition, environmental and socioeconomic issues", says Rémi Kahane, Horticulture Value Chain Correspondent at 热博体育 and Chair of the IHC2022 International Committee. "热博体育 has great expectations for this exchange of experience and innovations between North and South, in a world in which we all depend on each other in the light of a growing number of crises."

Five symposia co-organized by 热博体育

44 scientists from 热博体育 will be at the congress to share their work in the French West Indies, Réunion and Africa. In particular, you can catch up with them at five symposia co-organized by 热博体育:

• Raphaël Morillon, Michel Grisoni and Nilda Paulo-de-la-Reberdière, on ;
• Syndhia Mathé, Paule Moustier, Laurent Parrot and Ludovic Temple, on ;
• Marcel Kuper, Sylvain Perret, Akakpo Koladé and Caroline Lejars, on ;
• Michel Peterschmitt and Cica Urbino, on ;
• Thierry Lescot, Mathieu Coulis, Carolina Dawson, Marc Dorel, Luc de Lapeyre de Bellaire, Sylvain Depigny, Denis Loeillet, Pauline Pugeaux, Sébastien Ricci, Frédéric Salmon, Marie Sauvadet, Philippe Tixier and Lucile Toniutti on .

There will be other contributions during business meetings and .

Sheltered cropping is gaining in popularity among smallholders in the global South

Workshop 15, co-organized by 热博体育 and FAO, will centre on innovations developed by fruit and vegetable smallholders in the global South, to improve water management in their plots or reduce their dependence on chemical pesticides. Those solutions include sheltered cropping and the use of insect nets.

For some fifteen years now, 热博体育 has been testing market gardening under insect nets in Africa. Physically protecting vegetable crops reduces pest and disease pressure without resorting to phytosanitary treatments. Nets also limit evaporation and thus improve water management.

At the workshop, which echoes the book co-published by FAO and 热博体育 in 2021 for the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, 热博体育 agronomist Thibaud Martin will be presenting experiments with protected cropping in sub-Saharan Africa. What are the opportunities for smallholders? What are the limitations? How can such practices be rolled out and adapted to different environments and to farmers' requirements?

Full programme for the workshop and expert panel .