{"id":12880,"date":"2026-06-20T12:25:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/musa-conference-first-announcement\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:25:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:25:43","slug":"musa-conference-first-announcement","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/musa-conference-first-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Musa Conference &#8211; first announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/image_gallery-9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9276\" src=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/image_gallery-9-300x58.jpg\" alt=\"image_gallery-9\" width=\"300\" height=\"58\" \/><\/a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Purpose<\/p>\nThe International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is organizing an Africa-based conference that will focus on banana  and plantain research across Africa: lessons learnt  and the way forward. Fostering international partnerships is a major objective of the conference, with particular emphasis to establish the role of research in promoting future commercial activities  and trade in banana, plantain  and ensete. There is an urgent need to target basic  and applied research that connects to existing  and emerging markets. This unique conference will be the first pan-African meeting to link research to markets in an African context. Key priorities:\n<ul>\n \t<li>Develop an African strategy for the next decade to exploit banana  and plantain research<\/li>\n \t<li>Strengthen research partnerships to overcome production bottlenecks<\/li>\n \t<li>Harmonize research with production trends, emerging markets  and trade networks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThis conference is urgently needed as banana  and plantain are key staple crops in rural households in Africa. They are also being increasingly targeted for income generation through improved linkages with the private sector. The conference also intends to foster research  and trade experiences from other commodities. The result of this meeting will be to fully realize the potential of this crucial crop for poverty alleviation  and wealth generation.\n\nThis conference is being organized in partnership with the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Bioversity International, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)  and International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). We invite you to join us towards a successful  and fruitful conference.\n\nAbout the conference\n\nThe conference aims to attract an audience with varied but complementary experiences in order to optimize it&#8217;s impact in Africa. This conference will harness experiences from scientists  and stakeholders from within  and outside Africa. The Advisory Committee will be composed of internationally recognized experts to ensure the highest quality of speakers, presentations  and papers. Open forum discussions  and plenary presentations will be led by prominent keynote speakers  and supported by presentations covering both scientific  and commercial issues. Further interaction will be stimulated by a comprehensive poster session, field visits  and demonstrations.\n\nThe conference will be hosted by Leisure Lodge Resort on a beautiful stretch of the Kenyan coast near Mombasa. The Resort is of the highest st andard with state-of-the-art conference  and recreational facilities. A superb package of pre-  and post-conference tours is available for delegates  and their families.\n\nMore details\n\nThe aim is to maintain an affordable rate of approximately 250 USD for registration  and 100 USD per night for full-board accommodations. In addition, support is being sought to provide scholarships to assist attendance of participants. A forthcoming announcement, including a call for abstracts  and papers, is scheduled for June, which will include more specific details of costs  and conference agenda.\n\nConference website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.banana2008.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.banana2008.com<\/a>\n\nDownload Announcement: <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/c\/document_library\/get_file\/?uuid=ee6a86bc-646f-494d-959a-80b9b6b52adc&amp;groupId=25357\">Musa Conference-First Announcement<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is organizing an Africa-based conference that will focus on banana and plantain research across Africa: lessons learnt and the way forward.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[28],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[65],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[185],"class_list":["post-12880","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","hentry","location-kenya","crop-banana","item-year-185"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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