Dec 19, 20195 minLeading the Fight to Control Banana Diseases in Mozambique and BeyondDecember 18, 2019 By Denny Newhouse, Program Quality and Learning Manager https://www.technoserve.org/blog/leading-the-fight-to-control-b...
Dec 9, 20193 minScientists and researchers meet in Maputo to discuss strategies to combat banana diseasesOn November 21 and 22, 2019, more than 120 stakeholders gathered at an international conference in Maputo, Mozambique to discuss the curr...
Dec 2, 20192 min100 scientists try to find solutions to the banana virus in Mozambique – SavanaA hundred scientists from Europe, Asia and Africa are attending an International Banana Conference in Maputo in the search of a way to er...
Nov 25, 20192 minSouth African company strikes deal to grow Taiwanese TR4-resistant banana varietySouth African research facility Du Roi Laboratory has struck a deal with a Taiwanese institute to grow and market a banana variety resist...
Nov 14, 20192 minInternational banana disease conference in MozambiqueOn 21 and 22 of November an international conference on controlling banana diseases such as Panama disease Foc TR4 and Banana Bunchy Top ...
Nov 14, 20191 min International banana conference to be held in Mozambique – Register now!The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MASA) of Mozambique and TechnoServe are hosting a two-day international conference on Cont...
Aug 19, 20192 minFyffes release statement on TR4 situation in Latin AmericaFyffes released a statement in the form of a Q&A session on its website. In the statement, Fyffes addressed the TR4 situation in Latin Am...
Jul 22, 20191 minDevastating banana disease may have reached Latin America, could drive up global pricesIn a long-feared development, an extremely damaging banana disease has apparently reached Latin America. Late last week, the Colombian Ag...
Jul 18, 20191 minMozambican authorities culling banana trees to stop deadly virusAgricultural authorities in Gaza province, southern Mozambique, are killing banana trees in the Chókwé district to prevent the spread of ...
Jul 5, 20191 minLast call for applications - The Banana Grants Facility - Deadline July 21The Banana Industry Grants Facility has been extended until end of December 2019 and will consider new applications or modifications to a...
Jun 12, 20191 minTR4 rediscovered in Israel - TR4 redescoberto em IsraelTuesday, 16 April 2019 Israel's NPPO has provided an update to last year's announcement that TR4 had been observed at two separate locati...
May 3, 20191 minThe quest to save the banana from extinction - World Economic Forumhttps://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/04/the-quest-to-save-the-banana-from-extinction/
Mar 19, 20191 minSuccessful BBTV meeting in Chokwé, Gaza - Reunião acerca do BBTV bem sucedida em Chokwé, GazaThe meeting hosted on 18 and 19th of March in Chokwé brought together government officials, researchers, and banana producers to listen ...
Mar 19, 20191 minBanana vendors in Nampula dealing with TR4 - Vendedores de banana em Nampula enfrentando o TR4 A great article about the impact Panama Disease Tropical Race 4 has on all banana vendors in the Nampula region. Read the whole article o...
Mar 12, 20191 minConfirmed: Panama TR4 does not affect bananas - Confirmado: TR4 do Mal do Panamá não afecta bananasResearch undertaken at the Australian Department of Agriculture and Fisheries’ (DAF) Plant Biosecurity Laboratory supports previous Panam...
Mar 6, 20191 minTR4 interview with Antónia Vaz (MASA) - Entrevista sobre TR4 com Antónia Vaz An interview (including an audio clip) with Antónia Vaz from the Departamento de Sanidade Vegetal no Ministério de Agricultura e Seguranç...
Mar 6, 20191 minPanama Disease Industry Meeting - Reunião da Indústria do Mal do PanamáOn 26 and 27th of February 2019, the Mozambican banana industry (with representatives from the USDA, MASA and TechnoServe) came together ...