A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF ESTABLISHING A BANANA
CHIPS PROCESSING CENTER IN BARANGAY SAN
RAFAEL, DULAG, LEYTE
JENNILYN N. ISIO
2020
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,ESTABLISHING A BANANA CHIPS PROCESSING
A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF ESTABLISHING A BANANA
CHIPS PROCESSING CENTER IN BARANGAY SAN RAFAEL,
DULAG, LEYTE
JENNILYN N. ISIO
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, ESTABLISHING A BANANA CHIPS PROCESSING
INTRODUCTION
Fruit crops are permanent crops that are wild and cultivated mainly from trees, shrubs,
subshrubs, perennial undershrub, and lianas that bear fleshy and hard edible fruits. Fruit crops
are long-lived, usually highly heterozygous, and clonally propagated from an elite mother plant.
Fruit crops are useful in a variety of ways. It can be used in producing drinks such as juice, wine,
etc., it can also provide the fiber that is helpful for the digestive system and carbohydrates
needed by the body in making energy. Fruits are also a good source of the many nourishing
substances such as vitamin A and C, many minerals and calcium that keeps our body alive and
healthy.
Fruit crops have been already cultivated for centuries, either commercially or in the
amateur garden. According to researches and development resources, fruit crops are
economically minor crops compared to the large-scale arable species such as potatoes or
cassavas.
Fruit crops can be either be consummated directly as food or can be processed into
another product such as dried fruit, frozen fruit, jam, and many other processed products. There
are some fruit crops that are grown are used as animal feeds as well, and some by-products of the
fruit-processing industry are fed to animals.
Fruit crop is a major part of agricultural production. Based on the statistics of the world
fruit production in the year 2018, bananas rank number one among the fresh fruits produced
around the world. Next to bananas are watermelon, apples, and grapes. Bananas and apples are
both grown on trees, while watermelons are grown on thick vines.
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