Banana

Banana is a nutritionally rich, easily digestible, and affordable fruit, providing high energy along with essential minerals like potassium, calcium, iron, and phosphorus, with various plant parts used in traditional diets. Despite its importance for nutrition and livelihoods, the sector faces challenges such as low productivity, poor infrastructure, and market issues, alongside threats from climate change and pests. This volume highlights these challenges, opportunities, and practical solutions to strengthen banana cultivation and value chains.

Biodiversity-Prospects-Sustainability

Banana is a nutritionally rich, easily digestible, and affordable fruit, providing high energy along with essential minerals like potassium, calcium, iron, and phosphorus, with various plant parts used in traditional diets. Despite its importance for nutrition and livelihoods, the sector faces challenges such as low productivity, poor infrastructure, and market issues, alongside threats from climate change and pests. This volume highlights these challenges, opportunities, and practical solutions to strengthen banana cultivation and value chains.