This year, banana bunches fetched up to Rs 700 in the market, compared to Rs 500-600 last year. Thanjavur, known for its extensive cultivation of the poovan variety, has around 11,000 acres under ...

About 912 bunches of different varieties of banana such as poovan, rasthali, monthan, and karpooravalli were brought to the auction by nearly 20 farmers. Nine traders participated in the auction.