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

Annual Production (MetricTonnes):
 1,855,000

Industrial uses:
Beverage production, cosmetic and pharmaceutical products.
Baby food preparation

Process Technology/Equipment:   
Baby food product
Peeling, slicing, drying, milling, sieving, mixing with soyabean flour bagging.

Equipment
Peelers, slicer, dryer, mills, sieves, blenders, bagging.

Status/Prospects:
Plantain constitutes a major stable crop in the diet of Nigerians.  However, its major industrial potential is locally being explored.The upsurge in the sigatoka epidemics in the 90's reduced local production drastically .The R&D effort of  IITA to control the epidemics and the introduction of cooking banana as alternative to plantain ameliorated the incidence .         

R&D Activities:         
NIHORT'S efforts in the use of the crop for baby food preparation may stimulate more industrial usage of the crop