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Farmers boosted banana yields from ~20 t/ha to ~45 t/ha using tissue-culture saplings (disease‑free varieties like G‑9, Malbhog, Chinia) under a state subsidy scheme. From 2004–05 to 2022–23, with tissue-culture adoption, production rose threefold, and per-hectare yield more than doubled .
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