Research Areas
Agrobiodiversity, Crops, Market Access, Seed SystemsCountries
Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, UgandaTimeline
Start Date: 1 January 2008 | End Date: 30 November 2011Overview
The over-arching project is led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in collaboration with Bioversity International; Georg-August-University Gottingen, Germany, Institute de Recherche Agronomique et Zootechnique, Burundi, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya, National Agricultural Research Organization, Uganda and the University of Höhenheim, Germany.
The project focuses on: ensuring sustainable small-scale banana production in Eastern and Southern Africa, and optimizing use and preservation of banana biodiversity; to generate efficient market pathways to supply, cultivate and market high quality planting material to small-scale farmers through the promotion of novel and sustainable partnerships between farmers and private enterprises, which are supported by improved institutional policies.
Bioversity International was invited to contribute to the information dissemination aspects of the project, although due to delays this will be completed during the soon to be formally extended period to 30 Nov 2011.
Research Partners
- ARI - Advanced Research Institute
- Institut de recherches agronomiques et zootechnique (IRAZ)
- NARI - National Agricultural Research Institute
- National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO)- Uganda
- University
- Georg-August-University Göttingen
- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
- University of Hohenheim, Germany
