Location (States):
Rivers, Cross River, Imo, Anambra, Abia, Lagos, Ogun,
Oyo, Kwara, Benue, Enugu,Ekiti Plateau and Kogi.

Annual Production (MetricTonnes):   
 
Industrial uses:
Baby food , Breakfast meal.

Process Technology/Equipment:
Baby food production
Peeling, slicing, drying, milling, sieving, mixing with protein source (e.g. soya bean) bagging

Equipment:
Peelers, slicers, tray cabinet dryer, mixers and baggers.

Status/Prospects: 
World net exports are expected to grow at 2.2%/yr, to reach 13.7 million tonnes by 2005 (F.A.O. 2000) with Cameroon and Cote d' Ivoire leading in Africa.  Nigeria has high potentials for local production and export of this commodity.

R&D Activities:
The National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Ibadan established in 1975, which has the national mandate to develop sustainable techniques for production and utilization of Horticultural crops (including fruits) has come up with the following:-

*Collected and conserved germ plasm of fruit crops.
*Developed rapid multiplication methods for fruit propagates.
*Developed appropriate post harvest handling techniques for fruit crops to 
  ensure a reduction of post-harvest losses.
*Developed process technologies for cottage level production of :-

  -bottled fruit juice from citrus, pine apple and mango;
  -jam from paw paw, mango & other indigenous fruits;
  -biscuits and other confectioneries products from plantain;
  -weaning food using plantain in conjunction with grains like soybeans and
    maize.