Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- 1. Regional Working Group on Greenhouse Crop Production in the Mediterranean Region: History and development -- 2. Greenhouse site selection -- 3. Greenhouse design and covering materials -- 4. Greenhouse climate control and energy use -- 5. Choice of species and cultivars for protected cultivation -- 6. Water requirements and irrigation management in Mediterranean greenhouses: the case of the southeast coast of Spain -- 7. Protected cultivation for improving water-use efficiency of vegetable crops in the NENA region1 -- 8. Microirrigation -- 9. Irrigation water quality for greenhouse horticulture -- 10. Soil fertility and plant nutrition -- 11. Growing media -- 12. Soilless culture -- 13. Quality of planting materials -- 14. Cultural practices -- 15. Integrated pest management and plant hygiene under protected cultivation -- 16. Integrated pest management -- 17. Integrated pest management and farmer education: FAO experiences from the Near East and the Maghreb -- 18. Harvest and post-harvest management -- 19. Integrated preventive environmental strategy in greenhouse production -- 20. Product safety -- 21. Labelling and certification: integrated farm assurance with fruit and vegetable production.