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Foreword ......................................................................................................................
Acknowledgment .........................................................................................................
National Fruit Crops R&D Team, 2002 .....................................................................
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations .........................................................................
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Introduction ................................................................................................................. 1
PART I. R&D STATUS
Commodity Industry Situation .................................................................................. 5
Banana .................................................................................................................... 7
Mango ...................................................................................................................... 10
Key Industry Players ............................................................................................ 13
Technological Milestones ........................................................................................... 16
R&D Investments .................................................................................................. 16
Major Completed and Ongoing Projects ............................................................. 17
Major Technological Milestones ................................................................................ 20
Banana .................................................................................................................... 20
Mango ...................................................................................................................... 20
R&D Gaps ..................................................................................................................... 22
Banana .................................................................................................................... 22
Mango ...................................................................................................................... 22
PART II. R&D DIRECTIONS
Challenges and Issues ................................................................................................. 29
Banana .................................................................................................................... 29
Mango ...................................................................................................................... 29
Competitiveness of the Commodity .......................................................................... 30
Banana .................................................................................................................... 30
Mango ...................................................................................................................... 30
S&T Interventions ....................................................................................................... 32
Banana .................................................................................................................... 32
Mango ...................................................................................................................... 34
Banana and Mango ......................................................................................................................................... vii