Staver, C., Bustamante, O., Siles, P., Bioversity, France Deras, M., Matute, O., IHCAFE, Honduras Castellon, J., Somarriba, F., UNAN Leon, Nicaragua Aguilar, C., INIA, Peru Rivas, J., Cooperative SLShu, San Luis de Shuaro, Peru Quinde, K., CEPICAFE, Piura, Peru Tapia, A., Brenes, S., UCR, Turrialba, Costa Rica Growing Gros Michel bananas with coffee/trees: Addressing threats and opportunities through farmer participatory research ProMusa – Octobre 2011
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Staver, C., Bustamante, O., Siles, P., Bioversity, France Deras, M., Matute, O., IHCAFE, Honduras
Castellon, J., Somarriba, F., UNAN Leon, Nicaragua Aguilar, C., INIA, Peru
Rivas, J., Cooperative SLShu, San Luis de Shuaro, Peru Quinde, K., CEPICAFE, Piura, Peru
Tapia, A., Brenes, S., UCR, Turrialba, Costa Rica
Growing Gros Michel bananas with coffee/trees: Addressing threats and opportunities
through farmer participatory research
ProMusa – Octobre 2011
Why study bananas with trees
- Banana ancestors found in disturbed vegetation (trees and shrubs)
- Fotos of unique banana germplasm often have trees in background
- Small holders grow banana in mixed gardens with trees - Asian home gardens - Forest zone plantains in SS Africa - Amazonian bananas transition to forest fallow
banana in coffee fields
(has)
Mexico 75000
Guatemala 43000
El Salvador 30000
Honduras 84000
Nicaragua 35000
Costa Rica 7000
TOTAL 255,000
Bananas in shaded coffee: Mesoamerica
banana in coffee fields (has)
Mexico 75000
Guatemala 43000
El Salvador 30000
Honduras 84000
Nicaragua 35000
Costa Rica 7000
TOTAL 255,000
Bananas in shaded coffee: Mesoamerica
Other countries LAC: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Haiti
Other countries Africa: Cameroon, Tanzania, Guinea Conakry, Ghana, Uganda
develop innovative knowledge and tools to improve grower management of bananas grown in shaded coffee based on strengthened grower observation and decision making (targeted to expanding high value and specialty markets)
Research objective:
(www.agroforestbanana.simasni.org)
Pilot zone Altitude (masl)
Total annual rainfall (mm)
Length of dry season (months)
Turrialba, CR 700-1200 2700 2
Monterrey, NIC 1000-1300 1500-2000 3
Yasica, NIC 1000-1300 1500-2000 2
Laureles, HON 1100-1200 3000 2
Tutule, HON 1000-1500 1300-1500 3
Central Selva, PERU
1000-1300 2000 4
Alto Piura, PERU 1000-1400 1100 7
7 pilot sites in 4 countries
Pilot sites:
Land use of interest
Rural households
Their organizations
Field organizations
Scientists:
National
Bioversity
ARIs
Inventory:
methods
technologies
Starting point
Starting point
Pilot sites:
Land use of interest
Rural households
Their organizations
Field organizations
Scientists:
National
Bioversity
ARIs
Inventory:
methods
technologies
Formal survey
Interviews
Field data
Preliminary
model
Formation
farmer
experimentation
group
Diagnostic:
Farms,
fields,
costs,
markets
Priorities
Experiments
Prototypes
Learning efforts
Field
studies
Field
studies
Models:
Component
integrated
Models:
Component
integrated
Lines of action/interaction
Starting point
Pilot sites:
Land use of interest
Rural households
Their organizations
Field organizations
Scientists:
National
Bioversity
ARIs
Inventory:
methods
technologies
Formal survey
Interviews
Field data
Preliminary
model
Formation
farmer
experimentation
group
Diagnostic:
Farms,
fields,
costs,
markets
Priorities
Experiments
Prototypes
Learning efforts
Field
studies
Field
studies
Models:
Component
integrated
Models:
Component
integrated
Lines of action/interaction
formal baseline study: - coffee, trees and bananas, - light partitioning, - banana cultivars
Preliminary results
farmer field observations and experimentation: - banana and tree management, - nutrient budgets, - status of Foc
action research hypotheses for farmers/scientists: - Foc containment, - agroecological intensification of bananas in shaded coffee