ISHS Acta Horticulturae 1186: International Symposium on Durian and Other Humid Tropical Fruits
Conservation and sustainable use of cultivated and wild tropical fruit diversity: promoting sustainable livelihoods, food security and ecosystem services |
| Authors: | S. Somsri, M. Yoovatana, C. Noppornphan, T. Sangudom, K. Palakorn, S. Prasongsup, P. Sripinta, S. Posawang, T. Nimkingrat, A. Rukkhaphan, R. Siriyan, S. Changprasert, S. Tongtao, N. Dum-ampai, S. Ariyapuchai, M. Issarakraisila, S. Changtragoon, P. Rungrattanakul |
| Keywords: | tropical fruit diversity, good practices, fruit catalogue, custodian farmers, traditional knowledge |
| DOI: | 10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1186.11 |
| Abstract:
The Thai Department of Agriculture conducted a study entitled “Conservation and Sustainable Use of Cultivated and Wild Tropical Fruit Diversity: Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods, Food Security and Ecosystem Services” with the Indian, Indonesian and Malaysian governments during 2010-2014, which was funded by the United Nations Environment Program/Global Environment Facility (UNEP/GEF) and regionally coordinated by Bioversity International. In Thailand, five locations were selected as project study sites: (1) Mae-O Nai village, Chiang Dao district, Chiang Mai province, (2) Huai Thap Than and Ise villages, Huai Thap Than and Pho Sri Suwan districts, Si Sa Ket province, (3) Khlong Narai and Troknong villages, Muang and Khlung districts, Chanthaburi province, (4) Kiriwong village, Lanska district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province and (5) Nong Bua village, Rasda district, Trang province. The focus of the project was on four tropical fruit crops (and their wild relatives) that are highly diverse and economically important within the target countries: citrus (Citrus spp.), mango (Mangifera indica), mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) and rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum). Results of the study were analysed and assessed based on various aspects of technical and scientific knowledge from the project communities through the implementation of project activities as follows: (1) assessment of diversity of tropical fruit tree genetic resources, (2) documentation of community fruit catalogues, (3) documentation of methodologies of good practice for the management and conservation of inter- and intra-specific tropical fruit species diversity, and stakeholders having the capacity and leadership skills to apply good practice for managing tropical fruit tree diversity for sustainable livelihoods, food security and ecosystem health, (4) selection of seven elite materials, (5) survey of farmers' and users' knowledge of genetic diversity and in-situ and on-farm conservation of tropical fruit genetic resources, (6) selection of custodian farmers who actively maintain, adapt and disseminate agricultural biodiversity over time and space, (7) completion of a survey of patterns of household-level consumption of tropical fruits and (8) piloting and implementation of good practice in project sites. | |
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