Breedbase/Cassavabase Webinar
A Cassavabase Webinar will be given on Wednesday, March 23, at 8am EST, 12:00 GMT, 13:00 WAT/CET and 15:00 EAT. Zoom Link.
Product Profile Management
Manage product profiles on the site! Each breeding program can define product profiles on the respective breeding program manage page. [Nov 1, 2020]
Mixed Model tool
A tool for calculating mixed models is now available. [Nov 1, 2020]
NARO: New Banana Breed Are Disease Resistant
25 million Ugandans rely on Matooke cultivation, interview Breeding Better Banana project leaders on NBS TV channel. [April 27, 2017]
International banana improvment experts meet in Uganda to strengthen breeding efforts
More than 50 researchers and breeders met in Kampala, Uganda, to discuss progress in banana breeding. [April 27, 2017]
Researchers meet to discuss banana improvement in the Great Lakes region [ 2016 ]
Arusha Times: Scientists focus on high-breed banana to fight off hunger
East Africa TV: Kilimo cha Migomba kiwe cha Kibiashara-Mansour
The Citizen, Arusha to host meeting on banana production
Improvement of banana for smallholder farmers in the Great Lakes Region of Africa launched.
The banana breeders' meeting for improvement of banana for smallholder farmers has been launched at the Nelson Mandela University in Arusha, Tanzania. [May 2, 2016]
A new take on matooke
The East African highland banana is more than just matooke (meaning "food" in Uganda and usually served steamed and mashed), it has the potential to become a high value processed product to tempt the palates of consumers around the world.