The world's largest banana genebank

The Bioversity International Musa Transit Centre is the world’s largest banana genebank. Hosted at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, it contributes to the secure long-term conservation of the entire banana genepool and holds the collection in trust for the benefit of future generations under the auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN.

Acknowledgments
CGIAR Research Program for Managing and Sustaining Crop Collections
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas
Crop Trust
BMZ - Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Belgian Development Cooperation
KU Leuven, Belgium



Find out more at http://bit.ly/itc_genebank

The video has English, French and Dutch subtitles

Producer – Nora Capozio
Photography: Nora Capozio, Pablo Gallo
Editing – Nora Capozio, Pablo Gallo, Linda Roggio
Animations and CG – Pablo Gallo
Music – www.bensound.com
Photos – www.bioversityinternational.org, www.musarama.org

Special thanks to Bart Panis, Ines Van den Houwe, and the Bioversity International and KU Leuven staff in Belgium.

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