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INIBAP's Asia-Pacific Network (ASPNET)

Project ID:
CS2/1993/726: INIBAP's Asia-Pacific Network (ASPNET)
Collaborating Countries:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam
Commissioned Organisation:
International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain, Philippines
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    Project Budget:
    $160,000
    Project Duration:
    01/01/1993 - 31/12/1993
    ACIAR Research Program Manager
    Dr Paul Ferrar
    Project Background and Objectives

    The purpose of INIBAP's Asia-Pacific Network (ASPNET) is to develop awareness of the importance of banana as a food and cash crop of small holder farmers in the region. This involves promoting cooperation among NARS and specialised banana research institutes/centers of ASPNET in the preparation and conduct of regional cooperative R & D programs, coordination of information and germplasm exchange among ASPNET members and provide training opportunities in special fields of R & D, and to encourage linkages with global and other regional banana R & D networks and activities thru INIBAP HQ.

    Project Outcomes

    ACIAR's funds were provided as a one off grant towards the cost of the Network and towards the expansion of the International Musa Testing Program (IMTP): FUSARIUM, Phase A, to include the outer islands of Indonesia and the states of Sabah and Sarawak of Malaysia, Pakistan and Vietnam. The IMTP is a global collaborative project primarily funded by UNDP for the coordinated evaluation of natural and newly generated germplasm (hybrids) in order to offer to small-scale farmers in developing countries alternatives to the traditional, non-disease resistant, local consumption bananas and plantains.