FGV clonal research enroute to fulfil 30% of national banana consumption

FGV Innovation Centre in Bandar Enstek produces banana clone varieties for market demand.

KUALA LUMPUR: FGV Holdings Bhd’s (FGV) venture into banana clonal research seems to see results as it is set to fulfil an estimated 30 per cent of national consumption demand for the fruit by 2021, its group chief executive officer, Datuk Haris Fadzilah Hassan said.

He said FGV’s Innovation Centre in Bandar Enstek, Negeri Sembilan has been producing banana clone varieties since 2004, with production kicked off in 2007 to fulfil the demand for intercropping during oil palm replanting and banana farmers in the country.