Expertise for Central Africa
Database > Projects/Clients/Contracts by theme
Project details
Project name; Name of Branch/Client/subcontractant
Sustainable and profit earning banana production systems in the Region of the Great Lakes
Original name of Project; Aim of contract/deal/business
Systèmes bananiers durables et rentables dans le Région des Grands Lacs
Linked to Expertise unit(s)
Parent unit: Service Public Federal Affaires Etrangères, Commerce extérieur et coopération au Développement, Belgique SPF- AE
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Theme
Agricultural resources, Soils, Land
Timing
From 2004 till 2007
Country/Area of implementation; of Partner/Client
Burundi; Democratic Republic of Congo; Rwanda; Uganda
Place of Implementation; Location of Partner/Client
Great Lakes
Financial backer/Client
DGCD
Amount of Fund/Contract
€ 2 million
Other partners/Organisms/Companies
Foreman: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Local partner institutions/organisms/Companies
INERA; ISAR; IRAZ; ISABU
Beneficiaries/users
Researchers, farmers
Nature of expertise/action
Research; popularization
Field of expertise/action
Agriculture production system
Brief Description of expertise/action ; commercial relationship
Soils conservation; Nutriment cycles; integrated management of noxious; market analysis; mineral fertilizers
Main objectives; expected results
Development and diffusion of technologies that seek to improve the banana harvesting systems and contributing to: sustainability of produ ction systems; improvement in the putting on the market of fresh and transformed bananas; increase farmer's creativity and sense of innovation by giving them choice and opportunity to experiment between different technologies
ECA-CREAC Expertise Database - May 24, 2013