Resources Tagged: Banana

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  1. Plants Well-Adapted to Specific Difficult Conditions.

    2008-07-20 Descriptions of several crops that are adapted to difficult situations.
    Underutilized Crops Seeds Banana Cajanus cajan Pigeon Pea Perennial lima Phaseolus lunatus Queensland lettuce Lactuca sativa Tepary Beans Phaseolus acutifolius Sorghum Sorghum bicolor

  2. Initiatives to Mitigate Banana Diseases in the Great Lakes region

    2014-10-28 The Great Lakes region is a major production area of banana (Musa ssp.), with higher per capita consumption levels than anywhere else in the world, The region is home to the East African highland bananas (EAHB), which are an important food and cash crop for more than 30 million people in the...
    Banana Diseases Disease Control Plant Disease East Africa

  3. Traditional Techniques to Improve Plant Performance

    2005-10-01 An article by Francis Hallé in Nature and Resources, Volume 32, Number 3, 1996, explains several techniques used to “improve, select, propagate or preserve plant growth.” These techniques are called “phytopractices.” Most of them are inexpensive and simple to use but labor-intensive. The...
    Propagation Fruit Tree Crops Cassava Banana

  4. Making Banana Flour - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Across the world, people eat bananas and plantains. While some prepare banana as part of their main meal, many just eat it as a fruit. Once harvested, bananas don’t keep long and are easily damaged during handling and storage. But it is possible to turn your...
    Post Harvest Fruit-Preservation Flour AccessAgriculture Banana

  5. Resources to Help with Haiti Disaster Response

    2010-04-01 https://www.echocommunity.org/resources/eb967d93-10ff-4c3d-a238-86ac0382bd68ECHO has considered how our resources can be most helpful in light of the recent devastating earthquake near Port Au Prince, Haiti. Our main strength is in the area of agricultural information relevant to development...
    Nitrogen Fixation Biosand Filter Haiti Disaster Mitigation Water Filters Moringa Cowpea Pigeon Pea Banana Sweet Potato Disaster Water Treatment Earthquake

  6. New Disease-Resistant Banana Hybrids Available

    1998-02-19 Dr. Phil Rowe, with the Honduran Foundation for Agricultural Research (FHIA), has developed two robust hybrid bananas that are resistant to Black Sigatoka. These new hybrids are also resistant to Panama disease and tolerant of nematodes.
    Plant Breeding Fruit Trees Banana Plant Disease

  7. Banana, Coconut & Breadfruit

    Key Resource
    1998-06-01 There are more than one hundred major species of fruits in the tropics, which make a very interesting contribution to the appetite as well as to good nutrition. These species vary in ecological requirements, in season of production, in yields, uses and, of course, in many other characteristics....
    Breadfruit Coconut Banana

  8. Disease Resistant Banana and Cooking Banana Hybrids Developed

    The five hybrids illustrated in this booklet have all been successfully cultivated in at least one country. 8 pages, photos
    Disease resistant ... Banana

  9. Using Banana Stems to Grow Vegetables

    But one of the most overlooked parts of the plant is its stem that often goes to waste after the culmination of production. While in many parts of India, the tender core of the stem is a part of local cuisines, the utilisation of the banana stem has found little scope in India, which is strange...
    Planting Media Banana Stem Banana

  10. The Potential of Banana Stem as a Planting Media

    Abstract, Journal of Soil Science and Agroclimatology, 2017 Banana stem water content is 90%. Therefore, it is potential as an alternative for planting media in limited agriculture lands due to their function changes. The aim of the research is to obtain information on cultivation technology and...
    Banana Stem Planting Media Banana