This FAIRsharing record describes: MusaBase is a breeding database designed for advanced breeding methods in banana breeding. It focuses on bananas that are important food crops in Africa, such as Mchare and Matooke bananas. Data in MusaBase comes mainly from breeding programs in Uganda (NARO Kawanda, IITA Sendusu) as well as Tanzania (IITA Arusha, newly located at Nelson Mandela University). The source of this description is the metadata record on FAIRsharing.org, an educational and informative resource that describes and links databases, standards, and data policies. FAIRsharing also creates collections of these resources and recommendations of databases and standards based on 3rd party data policies.