Cavendish is the most widely grown banana in India, known for its sweet taste and yellow skin, commonly used for eating raw. They are available year-round.

Producing over 30 million tons annually, it dominates the global market. India’s bananas are both exported and consumed locally.

Lucknow: India witnessed a tenfold rise in exports of bananas in the past decade, said the recent report on export statistics and future projections released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Trichy: The deputy director-general (Horticulture Sciences) of ICAR, New Delhi, Sanjay Kumar Singh, has highlighted the importance of registering farmers' unique banana varieties to preserve and ...

What makes Jalgaon unique is that it manages to do so despite low levels of rainfall and a dry climate, which isn’t conducive to cultivating bananas. India ’s diverse climate and terrain allow ...