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Integrated Fruit Trees Production and Management- TCP/PLW/3602

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 9

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Agriculture has unexploited potential in Palau in terms of long-term economic self-sufficiency and improved health through better nutrition and diet. Currently, the population depends heavily on imported foodstuffs and local food production is very limited. This provides an opportunity to explore import substitution for fruits that can be produced locally. However, there has been a significant decline in local fruit production, caused by old fruit varieties and rootstocks, obsolete cultural practices, lack of appropriate fruit production and management practices, and prevalent pest damage from widespread endemic infestation of oriental fruit fly. In response to this decline, the Government requested FAO assistance to tackle the most urgent technical constraints to increasing local fruit production in order to satisfy local demand as a means of improving food and nutrition security. The aim of the project was to provide the technical assistance and support needed to strengthen the capacity of BOA, relevant stakeholders and farmers to enhance food security and improve the health and diet of the population through the revitalization of the fruit industry in Palau. The immediate objectives of the project were to select local fruit varieties and import improved fruit tree species and varieties for replanting, provide appropriate training to BOA staff and farmers, and demonstrate improved technologies for fruit production and management, and the use of IPM.

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