Banana industry
Videos
The banana industry is a significant sector of global agroindustry. About 15% of the global banana production enters international trade largely supplying markets in Western countries. Production is c
A banana plantation in St. Lucia
Cavendish banana
Videos
Cavendish bananas are the fruits of one of a number of banana cultivars belonging to the Cavendish subgroup of the AAA banana cultivar group. The same term is also used to describe the plants on which
Banana industry
…spite of the multitude of banana species across the world, even only taking into account the cultivated ones, industrial production is dominated by the Cavendish banana, which accounts for approximately 65 million tonnes annually. The global spread of Tropical Race 4 (TR4), a plant disease affecting banana crops caused…
A bunch of Cavendish bananas
Unripe cavendish bananas
The 'Super Dwarf Cavendish' cultivar
Cavendish bananas