Scaling continuous improvement in family organic export banana

The project developed ecological intensification strategies such as bagging the banana bud before it opens, monitoring the causes of banana rejects and the frequency of pesticide applications, nutrient balance, and strategic placement of banana plant residues and fertilizers. These promising practices will be promoted among 50 pilot producers in each country who will later serve as the starting point for larger producer groups to expand the use of the practices. The producers and their associations will have the support of an application Ma$ Banano that facilitates data registry from the field to an online database in a diagnostic, follow-up, and monitoring routine. Teams in each association and in a sectorial working group will use the data collected in discussions to inform continuous improvement and benchmarking