Bananas and Food Security - Bioversity International

Amérique Latine - Caraïbes / Latin America - Caribbean : T. Lescot et al.
Les productions bananières
en République Dominicaine
Thierry Lescot 1 , R. Perez Duvergé 2 ,
H. Ricardo 2 et J. Mancebo 3
Abstract – Bananas and plantains in the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is one of the most important consumer of bananas and plantains
in Latin America and the Caribbean region, with an average of 42 kg/capita/year.
The annual production is 634,000 tonnes comprising of: 310,000 tonnes of “Cavendish”
(70,000 tonnes for export), 288,000 tonnes plantains (the two main varieties are of “False
horn” type), 26,000 tonnes of other dessert bananas (Gros Michel, Figue pomme, sucrier,
etc.) and 10,000 tonnes of cooking bananas (ABB and some “Popoulou”).
The main production areas are located in the south-west and north-west alluvial plains
(cultivation under irrigated conditions) and in the Centre of the country on vertisols.
Intercropping in the country is common. The commercialisation sector is standard and
well structured and the market is variable.
Exportations to Haiti and Puerto Rico are occasional. The Dominican Republic mainly
exports Cavendish bananas to European and North-American markets but specialises on
organic bananas (10,000 tonnes in 1997), as soils and climatic conditions in the south-west
of the country are favourable to the production since they limit the spread of the main
banana diseases and pests.
Black Sigatoka has been noted in the country in 1996 but is evolving slowly.
Résumé
La République Dominicaine est un des plus gros consommateurs de bananes plantain de
la zone Amérique latine/Caraïbes avec environ 42 kg/capita/an. La production totale est
estimée à 634000 tonnes annuelles, repartie en 310000 tonnes de bananes « Cavendish »
(dont 70 000 tonnes sont exportées), 288 000 tonnes de bananes plantain (avec deux variétés
principales de type « faux corne »), 26000 tonnes d’autres bananes « dessert » (Gros
Michel, Figue pomme, sucrier, etc.) et 10000 tonnes de bananes à cuire (ABB et quelques
« Popoulou »).
Les productions sont localisées principalement dans les plaines alluvionnaires du sudouest
et nord-ouest sous irrigation gravitationnelle et dans le centre (bananiers plantain)
1 CIRAD-FLHOR/IICA, Santo Domingo, République Dominicaine
2 CEDAF (ex FDA), Santo Domingo, République Dominicaine
3 Instituto Politécnico Loyola, San Cristobal, République Dominicaine.
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