BannaTree: an Information Management System for Banana Contract FarmingBanana Contract Farming Agreement • July 1st, 2018
The banana contract farming agreement in Sarawak, Malaysia has been de- veloped by the Malaysian government as a means of improving export of banana chips, while increasing the standard of living and income of farmers. The farm- ers plant and harvest bananas called ’pisang sekaki’, which are then sold to the banana factory, before being processed into banana chips for export. However, as a result of lack of information on how much banana each farmer is plant- ing and harvesting, there have been issues in cordinating activities between the farmers and the factory. The farmers sometimes produce too much bananas that exceeds the processing capacity of the factory, or they produce too little ba- nanas. This leads to less income and waste for the farmers, and inconsistencies in the supply of banana chips for export. The BannaTree application has there- fore been developed as a means of collecting data from farmers on how much they are planting and harvesting, and making it available to the
