The Latin America and the Caribbean Network (LACNET) was established in 1987 and renamed the Plantain and Banana Research and Development Network for Latin America and the Caribbean (MUSALAC) in 2000.
The network operates under the auspices of the Foro Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico Agropecuario para America Latina y el Caribe (FORAGRO).
Its general objective is to increase productivity and competitiveness of the plantain and banana agroalimentary chain by developing scientific and technological activities; strengthening national research and development systems; and prioritizing and coordinating actions in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Activities:
• Technological innovations to improve soil health and fertility in banana plantations.
• Development of biological pest control products
• Development of BSV and CMV management strategies (STC-Peru)
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Meetings:
2008: to be scheduled
MUSALAC Members
Bolivia – Ministry of Agriculture
Brazil – Empresa Brasiliera de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (EMBRAPA)
Colombia – Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (CORPOICA)
Costa Rica – Corporación Bananera Nacional (CORBANA)
Cuba – Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG)
Dominican Republic – Centro para el Desarrollo Agropecuario y Forestal (CEDAF)
Ecuador – Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP)
Honduras – Fundación Hondureña de Investigación Agrícola (FHIA)
Jamaica – Jamaican Banana Board
Mexico – Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias (INIFAP)
Nicaragua – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua (UNAN)
Panama – Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias de Panamá (IDIAP)
Peru – Secretaría Técnica de Coordinación con el CGIAR (STC-CGIAR)
Puerto Rico – Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR)
Venezuela – Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (CENIAP)
Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigacíon y Enseñanza (CATIE)
Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KULeuven) |
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Partnerships 
