The symposium is organized by ProMusa and hosted by the Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD).

Host

Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD)

CIRAD is the French agricultural research and international cooperation organization working for the sustainable development of tropical and Mediterranean regions. www.cirad.fr

Organizers

ProMusa

ProMusa is a knowledge-sharing platform on bananas managed by Bioversity International through funding from the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas. It brings together scientists and other stakeholders working on banana, with the ultimate goal of helping banana farmers make a better living and ensuring that bananas – in all their diversity – continue to thrive in a healthy environment. www.promusa.org

Bioversity International

Bioversity International is a research-for-development organization that provides scientific evidence of the role that on-farm and wild agricultural and forest biodiversity can play in a more nutritious, resilient, productive and adaptable food and agricultural system. Bioversity International is a member of the CGIAR Consortium. CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food secure future. www.bioversityinternational.org

International Society of Horticulture Science

The International Society for Horticultural Science - in short ISHS – is a truly global network comprising over 53,000 individuals, universities, governments, institutions, libraries and commercial companies, thousands of whom joined as Individual Members, in addition to a substantial number of Institutional Members and some 50 Member Countries/Regions. It is a major source of up-to-date information on global horticultural research. ISHS aims to promote research in all branches of horticulture. It encourages the development of international co-operation, bringing together scientific and technical professionals to stimulate, facilitate and co-ordinate research and scientific activities on a global scale. www.ishs.org

Sponsors

CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)

CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) is a joint initiative of CGIAR and partners to address these challenges more globally and efficiently. It brings together the RTB crop-related work of Bioversity International, CIRAD, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the International Potato Center (CIP), and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). www.rtb.cgiar.org

Also supported by CGIAR Fund Donors

Agropolis Fondation

Agropolis Fondation is a French scientific foundation established in 2007 to promote and support high-level research and higher education (training-through-research) as well as to broaden international research partnerships in agricultural sciences and sustainable development research.
www.agropolis-fondation.fr

Occitanie - Pyrénées Méditerranée

Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées is a Region of France created by the territorial reform of French Regions in 2014 by the merger of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées. The region covers an area of more than 72,724 km² (28,079 sq mi), and with a population of 5,626,858. The capital of the region is Toulouse. http://www.laregion.fr

The Union of groups of Guadeloupe and Martinique banana producers

Founded in 2003, The Union of groups of Guadeloupe and Martinique banana producers brings together the entirety of producers in Martinique and Guadeloupe.
http://www.bananeguadeloupemartinique.com/our-sector/?lang=en

Compagnie Fruitiere

Since its creation in 1939 in Marseille, Compagnie Fruitière has specialised in the import and distribution of fruits and vegetables.
https://www.compagniefruitiere.fr/groupe/index/index/id/2?lang=en