ICAR NRCB Vision 2030

Abstract

Banana and plantain, are continuously exhibiting a spectacular growth worldwide. India alone produces 27.01 million tons from an area of 0.765 million ha (2011). India is the largest producer of banana in the world and also in Asia, and contributes 22.15 percent to global production from 7.4 % area (2009) followed by China and Philippines. Although Brazil has the second largest area under bananas (0.49 million ha), the country ranks only fourth in terms of production. Interestingly, there has been an appreciable increase in productivity of banana between 2001 and 2009 in India, owing to technological interventions.