Better Plantain Varieties for Thriving Farmers
The "Improved Varieties of Plantain for Tropical Lowlands" created through controlled crossbreeding are more resilient to diseases and pests and yield better than the local varieties. These improved plantains grow well in different climates. They may not have the same quality properties as local varieties, but they are excellent for certain recipes.
This technology is TAAT1 validated.
Planting material/ha
Benefit to cost advantages starts from the second cycle harvest onwards
Production inputs and labor per ha
Open source / open access
This technology may be interesting for seed multipliers and users (farmers, aggregators).
Seed multiplier
To efficiently multiply, it is essential to
Your potential customers include plantain/banana farmers, aggregators, as well as development projects, government agencies, and NGOs.
Users
Profits from this technology starts with harvest of second cycle and increases in the subsequent cycles.
Adults 18 and over: Positive high
The poor: Positive high
Women: Positive high
Climate adaptability: Highly adaptable
Farmer climate change readiness: Significant improvement
Biodiversity: Positive impact on biodiversity
Carbon footprint: A bit less carbon released
Environmental health: Moderately improves environmental health
Soil quality: Improves soil health and fertility
Water use: Same amount of water used
Scaling Readiness describes how complete a technology’s development is and its ability to be scaled. It produces a score that measures a technology’s readiness along two axes: the level of maturity of the idea itself, and the level to which the technology has been used so far.
Each axis goes from 0 to 9 where 9 is the “ready-to-scale” status. For each technology profile in the e-catalogs we have documented the scaling readiness status from evidence given by the technology providers. The e-catalogs only showcase technologies for which the scaling readiness score is at least 8 for maturity of the idea and 7 for the level of use.
The graph below represents visually the scaling readiness status for this technology, you can see the label of each level by hovering your mouse cursor on the number.
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Uncontrolled environment: tested
Used by some intended users, in the real world
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Country | Testing ongoing | Tested | Adopted |
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Burkina Faso | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Burundi | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Cameroon | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Comoros | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Côte d’Ivoire | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Ghana | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Kenya | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Malawi | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Mali | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Nigeria | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Rwanda | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Senegal | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Sierra Leone | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Tanzania | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Togo | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Uganda | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
This technology can be used in the colored agro-ecological zones. Any zones shown in white are not suitable for this technology.
AEZ | Subtropic - warm | Subtropic - cool | Tropic - warm | Tropic - cool |
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Arid | – | – | – | – |
Semiarid | – | – | – | – |
Subhumid | – | – | ||
Humid |
Source: HarvestChoice/IFPRI 2009
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals that are applicable to this technology.
Take home message:
Last updated on 23 August 2024