Transfer of technology to farmers and its application for the conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (II)

From 2015 to 2019, the Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tripoli, in cooperation with Dalia Agricultural Investment Company, supported technology training programme to enhance the knowledge of farmers, to learn and acquire new skills and technologies, to increase their production and to be able to supply the local markerts with high quality products. The programme activities included training of farmers on growing, breeding and pruning fruit trees (e.g. grapes, olives, citrus fruits), so as to improve farm productivity and eventually to increase their household incomes. The training is comprised of inviting 40 to 50 farmers annually plus a number of interested participants from all over the country who were keen to learn fruit trees management. Key outcomes included raising farmers' awareness and learning the importance of the technical and scientific methods of fruit trees management.