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BANANA CULTIVATION IN INDIA
As India sizzles, rotten bananas expose a cold problemIndia is the world’s largest producer of bananas, which are highly perishable. To keep fruit cool on the journey, they’re covered with leav...24 May, 2024, 08.33 AM IST- We can oil palm it offOil palm cultivation in India has the potential to significantly boost farm incomes while reducing the country's edible oil import bill. Wi...03 Mar, 2024, 11.45 PM IST
- Going bananas: Prices rise to ₹30/kg from ₹18-20 in OctoberBanana inflation increased to 16.5% in November from 2.2% four months ago, according to consumer inflation data released last month. Retail...07 Jan, 2024, 11.25 PM IST
- BASE, EMPA select Innoterra for early detection of fruit defects in bananasThe method uses machine learning algorithms to detect defects of bananas prior to them being sold in the market. These algorithms are later...18 May, 2022, 10.37 AM IST
- Time to move over, mango; it’s a banana republicWhile grapes continued to be the sweetest fruit for Indian traders, with shipments worth more than Rs 2,400 crore in 2020-21, according to ...24 May, 2021, 09.49 AM IST
- Climate change may cause decline in India's banana cultivation: StudyBananas are recognised as the most important fruit crop -- providing food, nutrition and income for millions in both rural and urban areas ...04 Sep, 2019, 12.31 PM IST
- How tissue culture is helping Bengal’s banana productionEnhanced tissue cultured banana production in West Bengal can be attributed to the initiative taken by the Kolkata-based Jalans of the Keve...07 Oct, 2017, 12.12 AM IST
- Phailin destroys over 70% banana fruit in its hub areaCyclone Phailin has ruined more than 70 per cent of banana fruit in Bihar's Vaishali district, hub of cultivation of the fruit located nort...18 Oct, 2013, 06.48 PM IST
- Low pricing leads to steep fall in banana exports in 2011-12In 2011-12, 21,525 metric tonnes of banana were exported of the total 2,56,767 fresh fruit exports from the country.24 Dec, 2012, 11.41 AM IST
- Coloured skin a big minus for Indian banana in global marketAlthough India is the world’s largest banana producer, it does not figure in the international trade primarily because the fruit does not l...26 May, 2010, 05.59 AM IST
- It’s banana boom in state’s sugar bowlAs the uncertainty over sugarcane prices plays havoc with growers, an increasing number of farmers in the state’s sugar bowl of western Mah...24 Jun, 2009, 02.45 AM IST
- Banana boom in state's sugar bowlAs the uncertainty over sugarcane prices plays havoc with growers, an increasing number of farmers in the state’s sugar bowl of western Mah...23 Jun, 2009, 12.34 AM IST
- Products made of banana stalk yarn win export edgeA Bangalore-based charitable trust (IDF) - has engaged 200 families at Hiriyur in southern Karnataka to produce yarn and fabric from banana...04 Jun, 2008, 01.21 AM IST
- DFV demands export subsidy for bananasDesai Fruits and Vegetables (DFV) Chairman and MD Ajit Desai on Saturday demanded subsidy on exports of premium quality bananas from the Ce...10 May, 2008, 03.48 PM IST
- Maharashtra gears up for a share in international banana marketMaharashtra is gearing up to take a share in the international banana market, a produce regarded as the fourthmost important food crop in t...12 Mar, 2008, 01.50 AM IST
- APEDA to set up infra for storage of bananas in countryAgricultural and Processed Food Products Exports Development Authority (APEDA) will set up infrastructure for storage of bananas in key clu...29 Oct, 2007, 05.00 PM IST
- Tissue culture in banana plants getting popularAfter taking banana farmers across the country by storm, tissue-culturing of banana plants, a biotechnology initiative to increase the yiel...16 Jun, 2007, 12.00 AM IST
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