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The Bananas of Upland East Africa - Harvesting

Kalema D&E Trial, Bukoba District

Harvesting an Nshansha bunch, in Plot F, April 1990

Bunch weight 15 kg

Note how the stem is cut so that the bunch may be lowered gently

The farmer commented that this was the first good bunch of matoke that there
had been locally for a long time!

©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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