date:Jan 03, 2014
The production of banana in Tamil Nadu has increased over the past four years to more than eight million tonnes in 2012-13.
Agriculture company Syngenta India in a statement said this was compared to the total industry production of 30.8 million tonnes during the same period. In 2009-10, the production of banana in Tamil Nadu was over 4.9 million tonnes, it said.
Meanwhile, at the ongoing Tamil Nadu Banana Festival in Coimbatore, the companys stall was inaugurated by the State Agriculture Mini