World Banana Forum

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World Banana Forum
Formation	2009
Type	Multi-stakeholder forum
Headquarters	Rome, Italy
Website	www.fao.org/wbf

The World Banana Forum (WBF) is a permanent space of assembly for participants representing the global

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

(FAO).

History

The World Banana Forum (WBF) was launched at a conference organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome in 2009 with the participation of some 150 stakeholders from the whole banana sector worldwide. They have formed three specialized working groups (WG) to implement practical activities which address the most urgent environmental, social and economic challenges: WG01 on Sustainable Production Systems and Environmental Impact, WG02 on Distribution of Value and WG03 on Labour Rights.

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Organizations	Banana Framework Agreement Banana Research Station, Kannara International Banana Museum MusaNet ProMusa Taiwan Banana Research Institute World Banana Forum
Category Production

Banana cultivars

Musa acuminata, M. balbisiana, and their hybrid M. × paradisiaca

AA	Lacatan Lady Finger Señorita
AAA	Cavendish Dwarf Cavendish Grand Nain Masak Hijau East African Highland bananas Other Gros Michel Red Dacca Flhorban 920
AAB	Iholena Maoli-Popo'ulu Maqueño Popoulu True plantains French Green French Horn Nendran Pink French Tiger Pome Pome Prata-anã Silk Latundan African plantains Others Pisang Seribu Rhino Horn
AABB	Kalamagol
AB	Ney Poovan
ABB	Blue Java Bluggoe Subgroup Bluggoe Silver Bluggoe Pelipita Pelipia Pilipia Saba Benedetta Cardava Dippig Saba Thai banana
ABBB	Tiparot
BBB	Kluai Lep Chang Kut

Musa section Callimusa

Fe'i	Karat Utin Iap