Banana (Musa acuminate, Musa balbisiana) is one of the important fruits grown in India. India leads the world in banana production with an annual output of about MT. Maharashtra ranks seconds in annual production after Tamil Nadu. Cutting of bunches often become problem for farmers or workers of banana plantations. During the process of cutting down combs of banana from the bunch using sickle and thread, that take a lot of time to cut combs off from the bunch, bananas also still had a few cuts, scratches and bruises. Hence this is aimed for cutting banana combs from the bunch to gain a nice and neat cutting-edge and at the same time, it saves more time in the cutting process. An advantage of this “developed tool” is easy to use and operate. | Development and performance evaluation of banana comb cutting tool
