To develop the draft work plans, agreements and funding strategies, this Regional Coconut Genebank Workshop was conducted in Riau, Pekanbaru, Indonesia near the site of one of the ICGs, from 26 to 28 February 1996.
Picq, C.
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International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[Segundo seminario/taller de la Red regional de información sobre banano y plátano de America Latina y el Caribe, 10-11 de Julio 1997, San José, Costa Rica]
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Segundo seminario/taller de la Red regional de información sobre banano y plátano de America Latina y el Caribe, 10-11 de Julio 1997, San José, Costa Rica
The mission of the International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain (INIBAP) is to increase the productivity and yield stability of banana and plantain grown on smallholdings for domestic consumption and for local and export markets. INIBAP is a programme of the International Plan...
Picq, C.
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Raymond, R.
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International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[Making the most of Musa: The role of the International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain]
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Making the most of Musa: The role of the International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
A review of the information requirements and priorities to be handled for the INIBAP information network. Regions concerned: Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the South Pacific, West, Central and East Africa. Description of the research priorities, facilities, products and services used i...
Picq, C.
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International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[Regionalization of the INIBAP information system: Report of an international meeting, 14-16 Oct. 1991, Montpellier, France]
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Regionalization of the INIBAP information system: Report of an international meeting, 14-16 Oct. 1991, Montpellier, France
This document presents a strategy to rationalize the conservation of the banana gene pool and promote the safe use and distribution of a wide range of diversity, all the way to farmers fields.
Rosales, F.E.
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Belalcázar Carvajal, S.
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Pocasangre, L.E.
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[Global conservation strategy for Musa (Banana and Plantain): A consultative document prepared in collaboration with partners in the Musa research-and-development community. March 2006.]
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Global conservation strategy for Musa (Banana and Plantain): A consultative document prepared in collaboration with partners in the Musa research-and-development community. March 2006.
Edmeades, S.
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Smale, M.
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Karamura, D.
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[Biodiversity of bananas on farms in Uganda: June 2006, Brief 24]
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Biodiversity of bananas on farms in Uganda: June 2006, Brief 24
Synthesis of the work carried out from 1990 to 1992. The most important research activities were: a) genetic improvement, b) germplasm exchange, c) classification of germplasm, d) evaluation of germplasm, e) tissue culture, f) plantain farming system, g) study on the microbiology of banana and pl...
International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[Red regional para América latina y el Caribe: Informe de la Primera Reunión Regional del Programa International de Evaluación de Musa, 10-11 Marzo 1993, La Lima, Honduras]
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Red regional para América latina y el Caribe: Informe de la Primera Reunión Regional del Programa International de Evaluación de Musa, 10-11 Marzo 1993, La Lima, Honduras
The Southeast Asia region harbours the greatest wealth of banana diversity, both in wild and cultivated forms. This includes some of the rarest varieties in the world. But how to classify them and even what to call them has always been a complicated issue. In many cases, the same varieties have b...
Valmayor, R.V.
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Jamaluddin, S.H.
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Silayoi, B.
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Kusumo, S.
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Danh, L.D.
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Pascua, O.C.
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Espino, R.R.C.
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International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[Banana cultivar names and synonyms in Southeast Asia]
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Banana cultivar names and synonyms in Southeast Asia
Diversification has never been so important, as it is now for small-scale farmers competing in a free market economy. Countries of the Caribbean have recognised the niche in the market for organic bananas, the Dominican Republic currently being the largest exporter of organic bananas. This meetin...
Holderness, M.
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Sharrock, S.
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Frison, Emile A.
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Kairo, M.K.
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International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[Organic banana 2000: towards an organic banana initiative in the Caribbean: Report of the international workshop on the production and marketing of organic bananas by smallholders. 31 October - 4 November 1999, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic]
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Organic banana 2000: towards an organic banana initiative in the Caribbean: Report of the international workshop on the production and marketing of organic bananas by smallholders. 31 October - 4 November 1999, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
There are more than a thousand varieties of banana, the tallest herb in the world. This document traces the history of the nutritious fruit which is one of the most important food crops in the world. The dessert banana industry is described. The crop management cycle is presented from planting to...
The International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain (INIBAP) organized a survey of banana diversity in the Middle East in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It was the first effort at the international level to systematically explore banana cultivar d...
De Langhe, E.
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International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[Banana diversity in the Middle East (Jordan, Egypt, Oman)]
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Banana diversity in the Middle East (Jordan, Egypt, Oman)