The East and Southern Africa Regional Centre for the improvement of cassava, banana and plantain and the Banana Research Network for East and Southern Africa
Vuylsteke, D.
Plantain and banana production and research in West and Central Africa Proceedings of a regional workshop, Onne, Nigeria, 23-27 September 1995: 34-36
1996
Document Number: 623726
Based on the achievements of IITA in the improvement of major crops of the lowland humid and sub-humid tropics of West and Central Africa, IITA extended its activities into East and South Africa in 1993, with the emphasis on Musa and cassava crops. The priorities of its programmes in these areas, to be managed by the East and Southern Africa Regional Centre for the Improvement of Cassava, Banana and Plantain (ESARC), are discussed, and the management organization of the ESARC is given.