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BARNESA - 'Banana Research Network for Eastern and Southern Africa |
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The Banana Research Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (BARNESA) was created in 1994 to encourage cooperation between national research programmes in order to reverse the observed decline in banana production.
During its July 1995 meeting, the Committee of Directors of the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) approved the inclusion of BARNESA into its network.
Bioversity International’s regional office in Uganda provides the secretariat and coordination for the network.
Activities
Building impact pathways for improving livelihoods in Musa-based systems in Central Africa.
Novel approaches for the improvement of banana production in Eastern Africa - the application of biotechnological methodologies.
Strengthening the capacity of the regional NARS to sustainably manage the outbreak of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt in East and Central Africa. |
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Meetings:
2008: to be scheduled
BARNESA Members:
Burundi – Institut de recherche agronomique et zootechnique (IRAZ)
Democratic Republic Congo - Institut national pour l'étude et la recherche agronomiques (INERA)
Eritrea – Ministry of Agriculture
Ethiopia – Ethiopian Agriculture Research Organisation(EARO)
Kenya – Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI)
Malawi – Department of Agricultural Research and Technical Services (DARTS)
Rwanda – Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Rwanda (ISAR)
Madagascar – Centre National de la Recherche Appliquée au Développement Rural (FOFIFA)
Uganda – National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO)
Uganda – International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Uganda – Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST)
Uganda – Makerere University
South Africa – Banana Research for Tropical and Sub Tropical Crops (ITSC)
Sudan – Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC)
Tanzania – Ministry of Agriculture
Tanzania – Agricultural Research and Development Institute (ARDI)
Tanzania – Horticultural Research and Training Institute (HORT)
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Partnerships 
