World Bank supports Global Alliance in its fight against Fusarium R4T

Published 2024년 9월 27일

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The Global Alliance against Fusarium TR4T, a group dedicated to combating a disease that threatens the banana industry, has received significant support from the World Bank and the International Financial Cooperation (IFC). The support includes a detailed review of the disease's global status and discussions on how to enhance the Alliance's work. The Alliance's efforts include developing disease-resistant banana varieties, training small producers, designing biosecurity systems, and conducting plant health studies. The World Bank's 2023 investment portfolio in the agricultural sector is US$4 billion, spread across 247 projects, showing its commitment to the sector.

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The Global Alliance against Fusarium TR4T, which brings together the most important actors in the banana sector with the aim of containing the advance of this disease that threatens the survival of the crop, received strong support from the World Bank, reported the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). The World Bank is one of the most important sources of financing for projects in developing countries. In mid-September, delegates from the Bank and the International Financial Cooperation (IFC) met with associations and companies from the entire banana chain, researchers and authorities from IICA, in an extensive working meeting where the financial entities received a detailed status of the advance of the disease in the world. In addition, they learned about the joint effort that is being made within the framework of the Alliance and proposed different ways to support its work. Gabriel Rodríguez, executive secretary of the Alliance, indicated that there is ...

Source: MXfruit