Grants 2001

Project Abstract

Project Description

Project Outputs

About Banana

On-Going Research

PROMUSA Website

Musa Genomics Consortium

General information

Scientific information

Botany and taxonomy

Agronomy and pathology

Biotechnology & research

Postharvest and uses

INIBAP Website

Internet Resources

News and information

Ammanet Network

Photo Gallery

Collaborators

Contact Details

JKUAT

P.O. Box 62000, Nairobi, Kenya

Phone: +254 0151-52181-4

Fax: +254 (0151) 52164

Email direct from site: kahangi@africaonline.co.ke

1. We have collected important information on banana production from over two thousand small-scale farmers in the Mt. Kenya region using Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) method;

2. We have trained about four hundred farmers on nursery management, banana agronomy and post harvest handling of bananas in the Mt Kenya region;

3. We have established six village nurseries and six demonstration plots in the region following participatory approach;

4. We have collected the local banana cultivars grown in the above region and studies on their in vitro conservation and DNA characterization using AFLP method is ongoing;