# Seminar: Going bananas : a journey to the tropics

- Institution: CERN
- Department: CERN Accelerator School
- Speaker: Hervé Vanderschuren
- Year: 2024
- Level: Graduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics
- Source: [CERN](https://videos.cern.ch/record/3021683)
- Licence: [CERN](http://copyright.web.cern.ch)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

KU Leuven has a long tradition of performing research relevant for the Global South and more specifically in the tropics. Recent technological advances in genetics offer unique opportunities to improve the performance of tropical crop plants, to increase food security as well as to empower communities and scientists in the Global South. There are numerous challenges to overcome in order to bring those benefits to smallholders and consumers. It ranges from colonial views on tropical agriculture to building laboratories with advanced technologies..

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## Lectures

1. [Seminar: Going bananas : a journey to the tropics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/cern/3021683/ff9e5593882e), 54 min (CERN's player)