Introduction
Bananas are both a fruit and not a fruit. While the banana plant is colloquially called a banana tree, it’s actually an herb distantly related to ginger, since the plant has a succulent tree stem, instead of a wood one. Because the fruit is produced from a single ovary on the flower, a banana can also classified as a berry, botanically speaking. Bananas contain fiber, potassium, folate, and antioxidants, such as vitamin C and its health benefits includes, lower the risk of having stroke, keep your bone healthy as you age, helps your muscle works better, prevent kidney stone.
Uses
Banana is a key ingredient in making:
- Flour
- Chips
- Wine
- Sauce
- Ketchup
- Oil
Production, export, import and consumption in Nigeria
Production = 3085585, Export = 2, Import = 6. (Source: WITF (World Bank & FAOSTAT)
Growing Banana
Banana can grow from the poorest to the richest type of soil with varying success. The soil should have good drainage, adequate fertility and moisture. Deep, rich loamy and salty clay loam soil with pH between 6-7.5 is most preferred for banana cultivation.
Duration and Season
Four months of monsoon (June to September) with an average 650-750 mm. rainfall are most important for vigorous vegetative growth of banana..
Sowing and harvest period
Too much shade will stunt the plant’s growth and harm the fruit’s quality. Given the right conditions, however, the banana flower emerges from the stalk about 10 to 15 months after planting, and the time from flower to ready-to-harvest bananas is from 80 to 180 days.
Main Producing States in Nigeria.
- Oyo
- Edo
- Ondo
- Bayelsa
- Delta
- Akwa Ibom
- Rivers
- Ogun
- Cross River
- Ebonyi
- Abia
- Ekiti
- Imo
- Plateau
- Osun
- Kogi
- Anambra
- Enugu.
Relevant Agencies in Nigeria.
- (BAPFAN) Banana and Plantain Farmers & Exporters Association of Nigeria.
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