Promoting fruit and vegetable consumption around the world
Workshop on Fruit and Vegetable Promotion in Portuguese Speaking
Countries - September 2005 On the 1st and 2nd of September 2005
the first workshop to study and discuss the possibility of
implementing the WHO/FAO Framework for Promoting Fruit and
Vegetables at the national level was held in Lisbon/Portugal,
with participants from the health and agriculture sectors from
all lusophone countries (Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guiné-
Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, S. Tome and Principe, Timor-
Leste). This workshop also reviewed past and ongoing activities
to promote fruit and vegetable consumption in participating
countries. As a result of this workshop two documents are
available: a background document describing the nutritional
status of the population, nutrition policies and fruit and
vegetable production and consumption in all participating
countries; and the meeting report that includes the main
conclusions of the working groups, recommendations from part