0 a tropical fruit similar to a banana with green skin, or the plant that produces this fruit
1 a fruit of the hotter regions that looks like a banana and is usually cooked before being eaten
Within the same type of high or low levee, farmers' crop choice between plantain and manioc also involves risk-return calculations.
This situation was worsened if the farm was a mixed one with other crops such as cassava, plantain and cocoyam.
Possible approaches for developing nematode resistance in bananas and plantains.
Breeding banana and plantain for resistance to diseases and pests.
They also plant and maintain different crops (cassava, coffee, pineapple, plantain) and attend to other duties to complement their spouses' activities.
In upland agroforestry, plantain and manioc (main food crops) are planted first, followed by tree crops; at any moment in the crop rotation the plot may be left in fallow.
Since rice, wheat, meat and agroindustrial products have higher income elasticities than tubers and plantains, urban consumers consumed more of the former as their incomes rose.
Reducing theft of crops (such as yams and plantain) and damage by animals (mainly in the moist forest zone) were also reported as major factors that influenced the location decision.
