Strengthening Banana Value Chains: Technological Innovations to Reduce Agrochemicals

Plantain is a staple food in the diet of thousands of people in Latin American and Caribbean countries. In addition, it generates permanent income for small and medium farmers, contributing to the social development of the regions where it is cultivated. However, plantain production requires technological improvement that strengthens the competitiveness of the value chain, mainly in terms of phytosanitary management of the crop with strategies that reduce the use of agro-toxins.

This initiative allowed to strengthen the banana production chain in the project's areas of influence through the active participation of all the actors, generating certified plantain seed of new varieties resistant to pests with market acceptance, and the development of biologicals to replace agrotoxins in the phytosanitary management of the crop.