|
Friday
20 April
|
Participants
arrive in Dominican Republic |
Saturday
21 April |
At
leisure |
Sunday
22 April |
Introductory
session:
Objectives of meeting: - A. Vugayabagabo-
E. Akyeampong
Background statements: - Participants |
Monday
23 April |
Improved
technologies for plantain production
Facilitator - Sylvio Belalcazar
Translation to English/French |
| 08:00
- 09:00 |
New
clones, new alternatives for plantain culture |
| 09:00
- 10:00 |
Ecophysiology
of plantain crop |
| 10:00
- 10:30 |
Coffee
break |
| 10:30
- 12:00 |
Plantain
morphology and vegetative cycle |
| 14:00
- 15:00 |
Asexual
"seed" production |
| 15:00
- 15:30 |
Coffee
break |
| 15:30
- 16:30 |
Effect
of "seed" size on production |
| 16:30
- 17:15 |
Effect
of rows orientation and planting time on production |
| 17:15
- 18:00 |
Discussion
and wrap-up session (André Vugayabagabo CTA) |
Tuesday
24 April |
Improved
technologies for plantain production
Facilitator - Sylvio Belalcazar
Translation to English/French. |
| 08:00
- 09:00 |
Effect
of planting depth and desuckering on production |
| 09:00
- 10:00 |
Effect
of pseudostem cutting time, plants number
persite and leaves per plant on production |
| 10:00
- 10:30 |
Coffee
break |
| 10:30
- 11:15 |
Effect
of planting densities on production |
| 11:15
- 12:30 |
Management
of high densities planting |
| 14:00
- 14:45 |
Effect
of inter-cropping (bean, maize and cassava),
on plantain production |
| 14:45
- 15:30 |
Plantain
nutrition and fertilization |
| 15:30
- 16:00 |
Coffee
break |
| 16:00
- 17:00 |
Pests
and diseases (black Sigatoka, virus and weevil
borer) |
| 17:00
- 18:00 |
Discussion
and wrap-up session (E. Akyeampong INIBAP) |
Wednesday
25 April |
Field
trip - Dominican Republic
Accompanied by: Sylvio Belalcazar and Rafael
Perez Duvergé (CEDAF). |
| 08:00
- 12:00 |
Field
practice |
| 14:00
- 18:00 |
Visits
to farms and interviews with farmers |
Thursday
26 April |
Travel
to Costa Rica
Early morning departure for Costa Rica
Transport from San José to plantain-growing
area.
Accompanied by Franklin Rosales (INIBAP) and
Sylvio Belalcazar |
Friday
27 April |
Field
trip to plantain production areas
Discussions with plantain producers and
visit to fields.
Accompanied by Franklin Rosales (INIBAP)
and Sylvio Belalcazar
Discussion
on plantain production in Latin America
Facilitator: Franklin Rosales (INIBAP)
|
Saturday
28 April |
Field
trip to plantain production areas
Half-day field visit and return to San José.
Final
discussion, summing up and review of study
tour
Facilitator: Ekow Akyeampong (INIBAP)
|
Sunday
29 April |
Departure
Early departure San José to Dominican Republic.
Evening flight to home countries. |
