Musaco

Dernière réunion de Musaco (Novembre 2009) où il a été décidé de créer la plateforme Innovate Plantain / Latest meeting of Musaco (November 2009) where it was decided to create the Innovate Plantain platform (C. Picq, Bioversity International).
Marché de Mille, Cameroun

Marché de bananes plantain à Mille au Cameroun / Plantain market in Mille, Cameroon (K. Jacobsen, Bioversity International).
Women farmer, Guinea

Une agricultrice guinéenne explique comment elle a amélioré ses moyens de subsistance grâce aux bananiers / A banana farmer explains improved livelihood in her field in Guinea (C. Staver, Bioversity International).
Pest control

Une cultivatrice de bananes explique les problèmes qu’elle rencontre avec les ravageurs dans son germoir / A banana farmer explains a problem with pest control in her humidity chamber, Cameroon (A. Nkakwa).

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