Twelve participants including scientists, extension workers and farmers from five MUSACO countries will visit the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica. Two scientists from Jamaica will also join the study visit.

The Regional Coordinator of MUSALAC, the host network, will join the group from Africa in the Dominican Republic from his base in Costa Rica. Local Musa experts will lead the group in visits to research centres, farms, and government departments to exchange information with scientists, farmers, and extension agents. During the farm visits the group will observe first hand how farmers apply the technologies, and markets and trading centres will be visited to observe how fruits are handled, transported and stored. Three working days will be spent in the Dominican Republic, plus 2 working days in Costa Rica.

Name	Country	Organisation	Position	Address
Ben Banful	Ghana	Crops Research Research Institute (CRI)	Leader of Plantain and Banana research programme	P.O. Box 3785 Fumesua Kumasi, Ashanti region GHANA Tel (233) 51 60 389/396/425 Fax (233) 51 60 142 criggdp@gh.com
Moise Kwa	Cameroon	Centre régional de recherches sur bananiers et plantains (CRBP)	Research Agronomist	B.P. 32 Douala CAMEROON Tel (237) 42 71 29 Fax (237) 42 57 86 crbp@camnet.cm
Amoncho Adiko	Côte d'Ivoire	Centre national de recherche agronomique Côte d'Ivoire (CNRA)	Leader of Plantain and Banana research programme	01 B.P. 1536 Abidjan CÔTE D'IVOIRE Tel (225) 23 45 41 76 Fax (225) 23 45 08 89 cnra@africaonline.co.ci
Mathieu Lama	Guinea (Conakry)	Institut de recherche agronomique de Guinée, (IRAG)	Head of Plantain and Banana Research Programme	B.P. 1523 Conakry GUINEA Tel (224) 45 42 46/61 01 48 Fax (224) 41 57 58/61 04 33 irag@mirinet.net.gn
Kokou Jean Totongnon	Benin	Carder Atlantique	Agronomist	BP 648 Cotonou BENIN Tel (229) 36 00 72/36 01 73 Fax (229) 36 03 74
Ekow Akyeampong	Ghana	International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain	Regional Coordinator	Regional Office for West and Central Africa, BP 12438, Douala CAMEROON Tel (237) 42 91 56 Fax (237) 42 91 56 inibap@camnet.cm
Akua Ahenkora (Ms)	Ghana	Ministry of Food and Agriculture	Extension officer	Ministry of Food and Agriculture Office of Regional Directorate PO Box 3820 Kumasi GHANA Tel (233) 51 36 585 / 51 20 357 Fax (233) 51 25 677 / 51 36 050
Maurice Kamano	Guinea	Nabekam Farm	Technical Manager	B.P. 1523 Conakry GUINEE Tel (224) 41 28 01 / 45 19 90 Fax: (224) 41 57 58 / 41 28 01 / 03 irag@mirinet.net.gn
Germain Bi Golé Goore	Côte d'Ivoire	Anader	Extension Officer	BP V 183 Abidjan COTE D'IVOIRE Tel (225) 20 21 00 79 / 21 16 88 Fax (225) 20 21 10 58 Email PA m.mandan@anader.or.ci
Abomo Nkolo Evariste Herlin	Cameroon	Farmer	Farmer	B.P. 832 Douala CAMEROUN Tel (237) 42 71 29 Fax (237) 42 57 86 crbp@camnet.cm