date:Dec 27, 2012
2009. Food and Agriculture Organisation estimated it to be $3.736 billion.
Tamil Nadu accounts for around 25 per cent of Indias banana production and has one of the largest numbers of varieties being produced in the country. Only 0.2 per cent of exports happen for commodities like banana. However, the government of Tamil Nadu is taking initiatives to make these cold storage commodities most viable and sold to the benefit of the farmers, said Santhosh Babu, commissioner, Commissionerate of Hort