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Commercial banana production in the United States is relatively limited in scale and economic impact. While Americans eat 26 pounds (12 kg) of bananas per person per year, the vast majority of the fruit is imported from other countries, chiefly Central and South America, where the US has previously occupied areas containing banana plantations, and controlled the importation of bananas via ...
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A banana plantation in St. Lucia. The banana industry is an important part of the global industrial agrobusiness. About 15% of the global banana production goes to export and international trade for consumption in Western countries. [1] They are grown on banana plantations primarily in the Americas. [2]
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The United Fruit Company (later the United Brands Company) was an American multinational corporation that traded in tropical fruit (primarily bananas) grown on Latin American plantations and sold in the United States and Europe. The company was formed in 1899 from the merger of the Boston Fruit Company with Minor C. Keith's
A warming climate and fast-spreading diseases threaten supplies and push up prices, a top banana industry expert warns. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in. Subscriptions ...
According to Chiquita, Yelloway One is the first edible banana to have a combined resistance to these two diseases. "The success of Yelloway's breeding program in producing a banana variety with ...
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