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The Bananas of Upland East Africa - Category A bananas

Excellent, well-maintained bananas
at Kishanda, Igabiro, Kamachumu Plateau.

ca. 1500 m (4920 feet) asl

Muleba District, March 1988.

Note the traditional tall stumps and good mulching.

Mr Innocent Mulokosi, the farmer, had a very large shamba,
with 40 cows and a big family, including five wives.
©2000 - Brian Taylor CBiol FIBiol FRES
11, Grazingfield, Wilford, Nottingham, NG11 7FN, U.K.
Visiting Academic in the Department of Life Science, University of Nottingham
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