Banana tissue culture: community nurseries for African farmers
This project was carried out in three countries— Kenya, Uganda, and Burundi—to get disease-free, TC banana plantlets to farmers. Private companies were already producing TC banana plantlets, but there was no channel to distribute them to farmers. The project established community nurseries to receiv...
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CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas
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| author | Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi |
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| description | This project was carried out in three countries— Kenya, Uganda, and Burundi—to get disease-free, TC banana plantlets to farmers. Private companies were already producing TC banana plantlets, but there was no channel to distribute them to farmers. The project established community nurseries to receive the in vitro-plantlets, wean them, and harden them (i.e. grow them outside of the flask until the plantlets are big and strong enough to be transplanted to farmers’ fields). Eleven new community nurseries were established in Uganda and Kenya to buy the in-vitro plants, harden them, and sell them to farmers. The most successful community nurseries were the ones near their source of TC plantlets and near their farmer customers. About 1,000 farmers were trained to transplant TC bananas to the field and care for them. Although the banana plants are disease free when removed from the flask, they are not disease resistant, and can become infected. The plantlets need extra care when transplanted (e.g. more water and fertilizer). TC was profitable for farmers who were near an urban market, which allowed them to earn higher prices for their harvested bananas. On the other hand, TC plantlets were
not profitable for remote farmers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace827092025-11-05T07:14:14Z Banana tissue culture: community nurseries for African farmers Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi bananas tissue culture community involvement seedlings plant nurseries This project was carried out in three countries— Kenya, Uganda, and Burundi—to get disease-free, TC banana plantlets to farmers. Private companies were already producing TC banana plantlets, but there was no channel to distribute them to farmers. The project established community nurseries to receive the in vitro-plantlets, wean them, and harden them (i.e. grow them outside of the flask until the plantlets are big and strong enough to be transplanted to farmers’ fields). Eleven new community nurseries were established in Uganda and Kenya to buy the in-vitro plants, harden them, and sell them to farmers. The most successful community nurseries were the ones near their source of TC plantlets and near their farmer customers. About 1,000 farmers were trained to transplant TC bananas to the field and care for them. Although the banana plants are disease free when removed from the flask, they are not disease resistant, and can become infected. The plantlets need extra care when transplanted (e.g. more water and fertilizer). TC was profitable for farmers who were near an urban market, which allowed them to earn higher prices for their harvested bananas. On the other hand, TC plantlets were not profitable for remote farmers. 2016 2017-07-11T06:14:00Z 2017-07-11T06:14:00Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82709 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas Kikulwe, E. (2016) Banana tissue culture: community nurseries for African farmers. In Case studies of roots, tubers and bananas seed systems. RTB Working Paper 2016-3. Lima (Peru). CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB). p. 180-196. ISSN: ISSN 2309-6586 |
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| title | Banana tissue culture: community nurseries for African farmers |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Banana tissue culture: community nurseries for African farmers |
| title_short | Banana tissue culture: community nurseries for African farmers |
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