Each day, we focused on one of three major themes: markets and trade, production, and innovation systems. On the fourth day, outputs were harnessed into a strategy day.

You can download the entire book of abstracts here. Alternatively, you can download sections of the book of abstracts, in low quality format, as follows:

·          foreword (119kB)

·          acknowledgments and strategy (187 kB)

·          markets and trade (450 kB)

·          production (720 kB)

·          innovation systems (363 kB)

Please quote as follows:

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (2008). Banana2008. Banana and Plantain in Africa: Harnessing International Partnerships to Increase Research Impact. Leisure Lodge Resort Mombasa, Kenya 5-9 October 2008. Program & Book of Abstracts. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria. 198p.

Unfortunately, three abstracts were mistakenly not printed. Please download these in the appendix here.

·          Towards improvement of Musa species through in vitro manipulations. Neera Bhalla Sarin, Nasser JY Sholi and Anjana Chaurasia. School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

·          Establishment of virus-free banana mother stock for production of certified banana plants and virus tested tissue culture seedlings. L Karanja, L Wasilwa, E Nyabonga and A Gichangi. Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, KARI, Kenya

·          Assessing the impacts of banana bacterial wilt disease on banana productivity and livelihoods of farm households in Uganda. E Karamura, G Kayobyo Nkoola, W Tushemereirwe, S Benin, G Blomme, S Eden Green and R Markham. Bioversity International, Kampala, Uganda; Institutional Development Associates, Kampala, Uganda; National Agricultural Research Organization, Kampala, Uganda; International Food policy research Institute, Washington DC, USA; EG Consulting, UK