This presentation, delivered by Michael Reid, leader, innovative technology from the Horticulture Innovation Lab, is about revisiting the "Global Horticulture Assessment." 

The presentation raises questions around constraints to success in horticulture for smallholder farmers, recommendations, characteristics, and example projects. It then brings up the Horticulture Innovation Lab proposal, objectives, 35 research projects, and achievements after three years. The presentation discusses the Global Horticulture Knowledge Bank, and the regional centers of innovation that will become regional foci for Horticulture Innovation Lab activities in the areas of training, research, outreach, and information.

Despite accomplishments, the presentation asks: Have we fulfilled the hopes and addressed the constraints in the Global Horticultural Assessment? The Horticulture Innovation Lab has worked closely with AVRDC - the World Vegetable Center and its CGIAR partners in the newly developed Global Horticulture Initiative. The program has become a center for knowledge generation, capacity building, and integration. The program has partnered with a variety of individual, regional, and global partners — including USAID missions, private partners, and public entities — to design and implement hortiuclture projects addressing the core challenges. Successful example projects include the development of phytosanitary and postharvest protocols for small-scale producers.

However, are the constraints identified in the Global Horticulture Assessment still the primary constraints? Depending on the answer, what does this mean for our future work? There are many endless, challenging, and exciting possibilities!

This presentation was part of the Horticulture Innovation Lab 2014 annual meeting, which took place March 17-21, 2014 in Hotel Real Intercontinental, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.