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Using audited figures, the Balance Sheet for the period under review (Table 2) shows that the Society business is growing steadily. An increasing membership base and more published Acta account for this growth, which is balanced by greater expenses at the Secretariat and increasing publication costs (Table 1). The financial report was approved by the General Assembly. Extending the Science Base Major gains were made to broaden the Society’s “product line” through strategic partnerships with other societies serving horticultural science. Thus, the agreement with the International Society of Citriculture will generate more citrus-related symposia, an agreement with the International Peat Society makes that Society a partner in symposia initiated by our Commission on Substrates, and recent negotiations with the International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain have led to the formation of a new ISHS Section on Banana and Plantain. This approach to making our science program and knowledge database more reflective of all horticultural crops and disciplinary specializations continues to be explored. Discussions are underway with several other societies including the International Society for Tropical Root Crops, the International Plant Propagator’s Society and the International Society for Mushroom Science. Outreach A major thrust of the outgoing Board was to increase the Society’s involvement with the horticultural research for development community worldwide. Board interaction with seven international development specialists (the Committee for Research Cooperation) led to the conclusion that ISHS can play an important role in achieving the millennium development goals of the United Nations relating to reducing poverty and food insecurity. It is widely recognized that encouraging the production of high-value horticultural crops by smallholder farmers can improve family income and improve the diet of farmers and their community. However, the growth of horticulture industry in many developing countries is constrained by an inadequate capacity to educate people about horticulture and conduct horticultural research. Furthermore, many of our colleagues working in developing countries are poorly supported and often unable to make connections with their colleagues around the world. The strategy developed and implemented by the Board was to identify and engage partner organizations that recognize and appreciate the strengths of the ISHS membership base, its science program and its database of horticultural knowledge. Several of these partners were represented on the Committee for Research Cooperation - the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), the World Vegetable Center (AVRDC) and two Future Harvest Centers of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). Another key organization identified and cultivated by the Board was the EU’s Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation serving 79 ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) countries (the CTA). On the basis of a Memorandum of Understanding with the CTA, signed at Montpellier, France in March 2006, representation at the Seoul Council meeting was increased by colleagues from 7 ACP countries and regions. Similarly, cooperation with FAO resulted in two other countries being represented at Seoul as Country/State members. Arrangements with several CGIAR Future Harvest Centers has strengthened our efforts with respect to protecting horticulture crop genetic resources and supporting colleagues working on horticultural crops in tropical countries (e.g., banana, plantain and tropical root and tuber crops). Representation by the President at the last four World Food Prize ceremonies has brought horticulture to the attention of that prestigious body. Cooperation with AVRDC, CIRAD, the CGIAR and other agencies has resulted in ISHS playing a prominent leadership with respect to the Global Horticulture Initiative (see Chronica Horticulturae Vol. 46 No. 2). Clearly, ISHS is recognized as a significant and serious player within the international ‘research for development’ community. With the Global Horticulture Initiative as the vehicle, ISHS can expect in coming years to provide networking opportunities for thousands of professional colleagues living and working in the developing countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. In so doing ISHS can effectively contribute to building an indigenous capacity for horticultural research and education. Advocating for the Profession of Horticultural Science Attention was paid to the serious decline in the number of institutions of higher learning that support faculties of horticultural science - a phenomenon most evident in Europe, North America and Australasia. The Board had supported several initiatives aimed at understanding this trend (e.g., the ISHS-ASHS Forum on the Future of Horticultural Science within Academia). Lectures on the general theme “Horticulture: An Essential Life Science” were presented in six countries. A Memorandum of Understanding with the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) will provide ISHS with an opportunity to make contact with the hundreds of thousands of people visiting horticultural exhibitions sanctioned by AIPH around the world. Discussions on cooperation with organizations like the Royal Horticultural Society of the UK that serve urban horticulture and publish magazines read by serious gardeners around the world, are ongoing. A New Strategic Plan for the Society A Strategic Plan was developed by the Board in early 2006. This document was presented to the Council and Executive Committee at Seoul and was accepted by Council without amendments. See page 3 for additional comments about the formulation and the nature of this Strategic Plan intended to guide the development of the Society over the next four to eight years. AMENDMENTS TO THE STATUTES Amendments, published in Chronica Horticulturae volume 46(2), make it possible for a ISHS • 12
group of small countries to join together to achieve representation on Council of a geographic region rather than a single country or state. A second proposed change replaces Organizational Member with Institutional Member. No objection to either change was heard and the amended Statutes received final approval. As Chair of the Awards Committee, Dr. Rob Bogers was invited to preside over this part of the meeting. FUTURE CONGRESSES Dr. Abraham H. Halevy Dr. Robert Bogers Dr. Carlos Alberto Martins Portas (rightside) Dr. Daniel J. Cantliffe (rightside) Dr. Victor Galán Saúco (left) and Dr. António Monteiro (right) Dr. F. Riquelme Ballesteros Dr. António Monteiro of Portugal and Drs. Victor Galán Saúco and F. Riquelme Ballesteros of Spain delivered comments about the XXVIII IHC, which will be held in Lisbon during the period of August 22-27, 2010. Planning is well advanced for this Congress which is a joint project of the Portuguese and Spanish Societies for Horticultural Science. An upcoming issue of Chronica will outline plans for this Congress in much greater detail. Dr. Monteiro and Dr. Galán Saúco will serve as Congress Co-Presidents: Monteiro will join the ISHS Board as an ex officio member for the next four years. There was vigorous competition between countries wanting to host the IHC in 2014. Strong bids came from the Turkish Society for Horticultural Science for a Congress in Istanbul, Turkey and from the Australian and New Zealand Societies for a Congress in Brisbane, Australia. Council selected the Australia and New Zealand proposal with many hoping that Turkey would be in contention for future Congresses. The General Assembly approved this decision. Dr. Roar Moe (rightside) Dr. Lyle Craker Dr. Jules Janick (rightside) Dr. Michael (Mike) Adair Nichols Dr. Norman E. Looney (leftside) ISHS AWARDS Three different kinds of awards were presented at the General Assembly: Honorary Members, ISHS Fellows, and recipients of the ISHS Medal. Honorary Members Dr. Carlos Alberto Martins Portas (Portugal) Dr. Roar Moe (Norway) Dr. Lyle Craker (USA) Dr. Michael (Mike) Adair Nichols (New Zealand) ISHS Fellows Dr. Abraham H. Halevy (Israel) Dr. Daniel J. Cantliffe (USA) Dr. Jules Janick (USA) Dr. Norman E. Looney (Canada) CHRONICA HORTICULTURAE •VOL 46 • NUMBER 3 • 2006 • 13
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