CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas - RTB
Overview: BA3.3 - Global and regional Frameworks, tools, strategies and practices to arrest the spread of wilts into new areas and recover banana productivity in areas already affected by wilts from bacteria and Fusarium in banana
Leader Guy Blomme, Bioversity International - Bioversity (Alliance)
Team
members: 12
Partner
organizations: 15
Budget 2025
USD :
0
Activities/Products: 6
Description
The aim of the cluster is to develop approaches, detection tools and holistic and cost-effective practices for managing and containing Foc and BXW
Key Documents
Atlas
Key Results
Blog Outcome Impact Case Report Policy
Innovations
Activities/Products
Projects
| Acronym | Project Title | Year | Section | Leader | Center | Budget | Start Date | End Date | View |
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Outcomes and Impact
| Code | Outcomes and Impact | Type | Indicators | View | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DO3.3.1 | Banana growers produce bananas without the threat of Foc and bacterial wilts | development outcome | 0 | ||
| DO3.3.2 | Farm households and rural communities integrate disease management and other production and natural resource management options | development outcome | 2 | ||
| RO3.3.1 | Science-based knowledge, tools and approaches enable plant protection agencies to plan for national wilt exclusion, containment and eradication policies and measures based on Level of risk and the importance of risk increasing and reducing factors | research outcome | 2 | ||
| RO3.3.2 | Surveillance teams use the diagnostic tools to monitor the spread of bacterial diseases, and establish early warning systems | research outcome | 0 | ||
| RO3.3.3 | Plant protection organizations, NGOs, and Government agencies develop/revise standards for quality material and certification | research outcome | 1 | ||
| RO3.3.4 | Plant protection agencies engage in grower and value chain education campaigns, in surveillance and containment programs targeted to high risk situation and in clean seed initiatives in partnership with private sector | research outcome | 2 | ||
| RO3.3.5 | NARS use improved models and methods for a better understanding of wilts epidemiology and pathogenicity for Improved prediction of disease spread and testing of alternative management strategies | research outcome | 0 | ||
| RO3.3.7 | Development agencies and private sector stimulate market-driven and home consumption banana recovery in wilt-affected areas | research outcome | 0 | ||
| RO3.3.6 | Alternative approaches to recovery of banana production in wilt affected areas enable scientists and development agencies to plan more effective programs and to engage in site-specific follow-up research | research outcome | 0 | ||
| RO3.3.8 | Seed supply companies upgrade seed supply offered to include endophytes | research outcome | 0 | ||
| RO3.3.9 | Extension programs incorporate cropping system approaches and amendment use in grower advisory services | research outcome | 4 | ||
| RO3.3.11 | Nursery managers, NGO staff and grower organizations use released resistant genotypes that respond to gender-differentiated farmer and consumer preferences | research outcome | 0 | ||
| RO3.3.10 | NARS and private sector made available banana genotypes characterized by wilt resistance, other pest and disease resistance as well as growth and fruit qualities | research outcome | 0 | ||
| RO3.3.12 | Policy makers formulate and enforce gender-responsive containment laws/ measures and implement control strategies | research outcome | 1 | ||
| RO3.3.13 | Extension and development agencies link wilt management alternatives to potential for gender and generational transformation | research outcome | 1 |
Personnel Involved
Anne Rietveld
Associate Scientist
Associate Scientist
Boudy van Schagen
Social Scientist
Social Scientist
Charles Staver
Daniel Coyne
Enoch Kikulwe
Agricultural Economist
Agricultural Economist
Grace Nyambura Mwangi
Guy Blomme
James Legg
Plant virologist
Plant virologist
Jay Rana
National Project Coordinator
National Project Coordinator
Juan Manuel Pardo Garcia
Microbiologist
Microbiologist
Leena Tripathi
Principal Scientist
Principal Scientist
Nina Jakobi
Program Management Officer
Program Management Officer
Partners
Stellenbosch University-SU
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.)
http://www.sun.ac.za/english
Indian Council of Agricultural Research-ICAR
India, New Delhi
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
http://icar.org.in/
Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria-AGROSAVIA (CORPOICA)
Colombia, Cundinamarca
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
https://www.agrosavia.co/
Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute-TARI Tanzania
Tanzania, Arusha
National Agricultural Research System (NARS)
http://www.tari.go.tz/
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry-MoAF Lao PDR
Laos, Vientiane
Government
http://www.maf.gov.la/
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security Mozambique-MASA Mozambique
Mozambique, Maputo
Government
http://www.masa.gov.mz/
Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries -Tanzania
Tanzania, Dodoma
Government
http://www.mifugouvuvi.go.tz/
Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Water Development, Department of Agricultural Research Services-MoAIWD - DARS
Malawi, Lilongwe
Government
https://agriculture.gov.mw/index.php/department/agriculture-research
The French Agricultural Research Center for International Development-CIRAD
France, Paris
International Agricultural Research Centers
http://www.cirad.fr
Bioversity International-Bioversity (Alliance)
Italy, Fiumicino
CGIAR Center/Program (Center)
http://www.bioversityinternational.org
International Center for Tropical Agriculture-CIAT (Alliance)
Colombia, Cali
CGIAR Center/Program (Center)
http://ciat.cgiar.org/
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture-IITA
Nigeria, Ibadan
CGIAR Center/Program (Center)
http://www.iita.org/
World Agroforestry Center-ICRAF
Kenya, Nairobi
CGIAR Center/Program (Center)
http://www.icraf.org
Australian Center for International Agricultural Research-ACIAR
Australia, Canberra
Financing Institutions (including Foundations)
http://aciar.gov.au/
