National Banana Festival, 2018

Question: At which of the following places National Banana Festival (NBF) was organized from February 17th-21st, 2018?
(a) Jaipur
(b) Udaipur
(c) Bhopal
(d) Thiruvananthapuram
Answer: (d)
Related Facts:

  • National Banana Festival (NBF) was organized from February 17th-21st, 2018 at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
  • It was organized with the help of Kalliur Gram Panchayat with the Center for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA).
  • Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh addressed at the National Banana Festival, 2018.
  • The objectives of this festival were:
  • Create awareness on the local biodiversity conservation
  • Promote entrepreneurship for doubling farmers income
  • Create awareness on the nutritional and health benefits of banana
  • Promote utilization of underutilized parts of banana -peels, leaves, pseudo stem, stalk and inflorescence for food and non-food products.
  • Augment market : supply chain and value addition linkages
  • Promote organic farming, precision farming, and efficient input management and per drop more crop.
  • Today banana is cultivated in more than 130 countries across the world in 5.00 million hectare and yielding 103.63 million tonnes of banana and plantain (FAO, 2013).
  • India is the largest producer of banana in the world with 29.7 million tonnes from an area of 0.88 million hectares with a productivity of 37 MT/ha.
  • Although India accounts for only 15.5per cent in area, its contribution in the world’s production is 25.58per cent.
  • It is predicted that with ever-increasing demand, 60 million tonnes of banana will be needed to meet the domestic demand in 2050.

Reference:
http://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1520827
http://bananafest.in/nbf-2018/