Banana and Plantain Processing for a Healthier Diet
This value-added processing technology transform bananas and plantains into a range of marketable products. Both ripe and unripe fruits can be utilized. Unripe bananas and plantains are typically peeled, sliced, and dried (either in the sun or using dehydrators) before grinding into flour. This flour boasts a high resistant starch content and can be used as a partial substitute for wheat flour in various applications like baking and pasta production. For ripe bananas, the process involves peeling and pulping the fruit to create a puree ideal for use in beverages, dairy products like yogurt, and even ice cream. Alternatively, sliced bananas can be dried or deep-fried to produce healthy snacks in the form of banana chips. Notably, the processing methods can be adapted for small-scale, community-based operations or scaled up for industrial production lines.
This technology is TAAT1 validated.
Adults 18 and over: Positive high
The poor: Positive low
Under 18: No impact
Women: Positive high
Climate adaptability: Moderately adaptable
Farmer climate change readiness: Significant improvement
Biodiversity: No impact on biodiversity
Carbon footprint: Same amount of carbon released
Environmental health: Does not improve environmental health
Soil quality: Does not affect soil health and fertility
Water use: Same amount of water used
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Banana flour production machinery that can process 100 kg per hour
Equipment for the automatic production of fried banana chips (100-500 kg/hour)
Commercial presses for producing banana pulp (0,5 ton/hour)
Open source / open access
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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Semi-controlled environment: prototype
Common use by projects NOT connected to technology provider
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Benin | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Burkina Faso | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Burundi | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Cameroon | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Côte d’Ivoire | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Ethiopia | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Ghana | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Guinea | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Kenya | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Malawi | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Nigeria | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Rwanda | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Sierra Leone | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Somalia | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Tanzania | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Togo | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Uganda | –No ongoing testing | Tested | Adopted |
Zambia | –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 | – | – | ||
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Source: HarvestChoice/IFPRI 2009
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals that are applicable to this technology.
Preparation of Unripe Plantain and Banana Flour:
Processing Banana Puree from Ripe Bananas:
Manufacturing Banana Chips:
Industrial-Scale Process (for Unripe Fruits):
Last updated on 11 October 2024