Climate change in the subtropics: the impacts of projected averages and variability on banana productivity

• Published in: Acta horticulturae no. 928; pp. 89 - 99
• Main Authors: Bergh, I. van den, Ramirez, J, Staver, C, Turner, D.W, Jarvis, A, Brown, D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Society for Horticultural Science 01.02.2012
• Subjects: bananas; climate change; climate models; crop production; crops; environmental factors; markets; rain; seasonal variation; subtropics; summer; technology transfer; temperature; tropics; Middle East; Northern Africa; Argentina; China; Brazil; Paraguay; India

The potential for bananas to produce year round is best expressed when water is abundant and daily temperatures are in the range of 20-30°C. Zones with these conditions produce fruit for the global market. However, banana production, mainly for national markets, has developed in many subtropical are...