USAID Small Banana Farmer Support Programs

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USAID Small Banana Farmer Support Programs

• L. George Wilson
• USAID/Washington
• North Carolina State University
• No End to the Banana Forum
• National Agricultural Library
• 21 March 2008

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USAID Colombia

• Support for small banana farmers
• MIDAS (Sustainable Alternative Development
  Program)
• 60 families, 300 people
• ADAM (Municipal-Level Alternative Development
  Program)
• 2,709 families

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CRSPsCollaborative Research Support Programs

• Support for small banana farmers
• IPM CRSP
• SANREM CRSP
• Horticulture CRSP

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IPM CRSPIntegrated Pest ManagementCollaborative
Research Support Program

• Support for small banana farmers
• East Africa Biotech - Xanthomonas
• Ecuador Pathogens in plantain/cocoa

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CGIAR/USAID

• Support for small banana farmers
• Core Support - includes banana research
• IITA Banana breeding, including
• Banana Xanthomonas Wilt resistance
• Bioversity/INIBAP
• Banana and plantain research

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USAID

• Support for small banana farmers
• Agric. Biotech. Support Program II (ABSP II)
• Insect and fungus resistant East African Highland
  bananas Research, new greenhouse, and confined
  transgenic plant field trials (Uganda Mission,
  2.6m)
• Management Cornell U.
• Partners NARO, KUL, U. Leeds

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PFIDPartnerships for Food Industry Development

• Support for small banana farmers
• PFID assists developing transition countries
  cope with the emerging requirements for
  international food trade
• Mobilizes private and public expertise to add
  value and meet safety and quality standards in
  the production and distribution of food products
  for domestic and international markets

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PFIDPartnerships for Food Industry Development

• Support for small banana farmers
• PFID assists developing transition countries
  cope with the emerging requirements for
  international food trade
• Assembles partnerships among universities,
  business associations and individual firms that
  become "centers of excellence"
• PFID applies science

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FHIA Fundacion Hondurena de Investigaciones
Agricola

• USAID provided grant for creation
• USAID an honorary founder
• USAID continues to serve on Board of Directors
• FHIA is one of the best examples of
  institutional stability
• that we have in Honduras

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FHIA Fundacion Hondurena de Investigaciones
Agricola

• FHIA continues to address small farmers issues
  as one of its core principles
• Research on bananas plantains
• Technical assistance training
• Specialized laboratory services

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FHIA Fundacion Hondurena de Investigaciones
Agricola

• With USAID support - FHIA ..
• Released Black Sigatoka resistant
• Plantains FHIA 20, FHIA 21
• Bananas FHIA 1, FHIA 2
• Multiplies plantain banana plants

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FHIA Fundacion Hondurena de Investigaciones
Agricola

• After Hurricane Mitch ..
• USAID Emergency Grant enabled FHIA to provide
  corms of traditional plantains for 500 poor
  farmers -- to plant 1,000 Ha .. plus technical
  assistance training

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Support for Small Banana Farmers

• Thank you!
• LGW

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