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Preface
This Guide to Growing Bananas in the Eastern African Highlands provides basic as well as technical information on planting bananas; general maintenance of established banana fields; management of banana pests and diseases; and care and harvesting of banana bunches. The Guide is dedicated to banana growers, extension officers, agricultural associates and anyone else involved and interested in the production of bananas and plantains.
The Guide is of special interest for growers in the Eastern African highlands, a region of perpetual food shortage, in which bananas are an important cash crop and staple food which can be cultivated for local consumption or for regional and global export. For these farmers, this Guide will be a helpful tool for sound banana production for improving food security and income generation. The Guide encourages the use of an integrated pest management (IPM) approach as a viable alternative to the use of environmentally toxic pesticides.
This publication derives from a joint project between the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), the University of Bonn and the Agricultural Research Institute in Tanzania. We are grateful for the financial support from the Federal Ministry of Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of Germany through the Germany Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ). We would like to thank Annalee Ng’eny-Mengech for providing us with her encouragement and useful suggestions, to Kathy Overholt for the editing and to Newton Mwanga Komeri for the illustrations.
K.V. Seshu Reddy Senior Scientist, ICIPE/BMZ Banana Project
Hans R. Herren Director General, ICIPE
ISBN
92 9064 120 7
Publication Date
1998
Publisher
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)
Recommended Citation
Mbwana, A., Ngode, L., Reddy, K. S., & Sikora, R. (1998). A Guide to Growing Bananas in The Eastern African Highlands. Retrieved from https://thehive.icipe.org/manuals/6