Crop Diversification in the Asia-Pacific Region













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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
BANGKOK, THAILAND, APRIL 2001

RAP PUBLICATION: 2001/03

Edited by

Minas K. Papademetriou
and
Frank J. Dent

This publication brings together edited manuscripts of papers presented at the Expert Consultation on “Crop Diversification in the Asia-Pacific Region”, held in Bangkok, Thailand, 4 to 6 July, 2000.

The consultation was organized and sponsored by the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.

The report of the consultation was brought out in October 2000

(RAP publication: 2000/14).

The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

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FOREWORD

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS - Minas K. Papademetriou

WELCOME ADDRESS - Dr. R.B. Singh

CROP DIVERSIFICATION IN BANGLADESH - M. Enamul Hoque

CROP DIVERSIFICATION IN CHINA - Zuo Mengxiao

CROP DIVERSIFICATION IN INDIA - C.R. Hazra

CROP DIVERSIFICATION IN JAPAN - Masa Iwanaga

CROP DIVERSIFICATION IN MALAYSIA - Tunku Mahmud Bin Tunku Yahya

CROP DIVERSIFICATION IN NEPAL - K. C. Sharma

CROP DIVERSIFICATION IN THE PHILIPPINES - Rene Rafael C. Espino and Cenon S. Atienza

CROP DIVERSIFICATION IN SRI LANKA - S.S.B.D.G. Jayawardane and L. A. Weerasena

CROP DIVERSIFICATION IN THAILAND - Chavalvut Chainuvati and Withaya Athipanan

CROP DIVERSIFICATION IN VIET NAM - Nguyen Van Luat

INTENSIFICATION OF CROP DIVERSIFICATION IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION - H.P.M. Gunasena

UNCTAD'S PROJECT ON CAPACITY BUILDING FOR DIVERSIFICATION AND COMMODITY-BASED DEVELOPMENT - Alexei N. Mojarov

ALTERNATIVE CROPS AND CULTIVARS FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES - Mahmud A. Duwayri

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS