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The Bananas of Upland East Africa - IMAGES

  1. Clickable Vista of Kagera Region of Tanzania
  2. General map of Bukoba District, Kagera Region, Tanzania
  3. General map of Muleba District, Kagera Region, Tanzania
  4. General map of Karagwe District, Kagera Region, Tanzania
  5. General map of Ngara District, Kagera Region, Tanzania
  6. Typical westwards gentle down slope of land, inland from Bukoba
  7. Bukoba, the Regional Capital, Kagera Region of Tanzania
  8. Bukoba, the Regional Capital, Kagera Region of Tanzania
  9. Bukoba dawn, Kagera Region of Tanzania
  10. The Maruku Tea Estate, Bukoba District
  11. Lake Victoria and the Bukoba coast
  12. Kamachumu Plateau, from Katoke, Muleba District, March 1988
  13. Gros Michel bananas with Panama Disease, Izigo, Muleba District, March 1988
  14. Excellent, well-maintained bananas at Igabiro, Kamachumu Plateau, March 1988
  15. Evening Mist in the Ngara-Burundi border swamps (from Ngara Anglican HQ, March 1988)
  16. Bananas, bananas and more bananas in Ngara District, March 1988
  17. Market day in Ngara District, March 1988
  18. Rusumo Falls on the Kagera River, Ngara District, March 1988
  19. The Kagera River, downstream from Rusumu Falls, Ngara-Rwanda, March 1988
  20. The inland rain shadow area of northern Ngara-southern Karagwe, March 1988
  21. Kagera River ferry, March 1988
  22. Bugene, the main town of Karagwe District, March 1988
  23. Toppling of healthy bananas by wind and rain, Bukoba District, March 1988
  24. Typical country scene in Bukoba District, April 1988
  25. The Project Nursery at Ibura, Bukoba District, 11 May 1988
  26. The Project Nursery at Ibura, Bukoba District, 11 May 1988
  27. Variety Nshansha at the Project Nursery at Ibura, Bukoba District, 11 May 1988
  28. Variety Nshakala, with a good bunch, at the Project Nursery at Ibura, Bukoba District, 11 May 1988
  29. The Nkwenda Nursery, planted 23 March 1988, visited on 29 June 1988, Karagwe District
  30. The west-central valley of Karagwe, 29 June 1988
  31. The Kagera River and swamps bordering Rwanda, 29 June 1988, Karagwe District
  32. The Mabire valley area of Karagwe District, 29 June 1988
  33. Lake flies over Bukoba, July 1988
  34. How not to grow bananas, on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, August 1988
  35. Severe banana weevil damage, seen on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, August 1988
  36. Lakeside at Bukoba, Tanica instant coffee factory in centre, August 1988
  37. The Ibura Nursery, seen from Ntungamo, Bukoba District, August 1988
  38. Pine plantation, Maruku Road, Bukoba District, September 1988
  39. The Maruku Agricultural Research Institute, Bukoba District, September 1988
  40. The Kibeta site ready for planting, typically poorly nourished bananas behind, Bukoba District, May 1989
  41. Typically poorly nourished bananas at Kibeta, Bukoba District, May 1989
  42. Toppled plant due to nematode root damage at Kibeta, Bukoba District, May 1989
  43. Typically poor banana plant at Kibeta, Bukoba District, May 1989
  44. Demonstration and evaluation trial at Kalema, Bukoba District, May 1989, 5 months after planting
  45. Demonstration and evaluation trial at Kalema, Bukoba District, May 1989, 5 months after planting
  46. Gros Michel variety with Panama disease at Kiilima, Bukoba District, May 1989
  47. Cut banana stem with weevil larvae tunnels, Kiilima, Bukoba District, May 1989
  48. Traditional Wahaya house in the banana shamba, Kiilima, Bukoba District, May 1989
  49. Traditional Wahaya house in the banana shamba, Kiilima, Bukoba District, May 1989
  50. Nematode damaged roots at Kiilima, Bukoba District, May 1989
  51. Bukoba town, seen from the north, Bukoba District, June 1989
  52. Bukoba shoreline, looking north, rough water, Bukoba District, June 1989
  53. Bukoba town from the shoreline, Bukoba District, June 1989
  54. Bukoba Bay, looking north from Kashura, Bukoba District, June 1989
  55. Visit of F. Somaye, junior Minister of Agriculture to the Project Nursery at Ibura, Bukoba District, June 1989
  56. Bukoba town following a lake fly invasion, June 1989
  57. Bukoba Bay, looking south from Mugheza, Bukoba District, June 1989
  58. Planting the Factorial Trial at Nyakato, Bukoba District, June 1989
  59. One of the Project demonstration sites, foreground traditional sucker planting, Kiilima, Bukoba District, June 1989
  60. Demonstration and evaluation trial at Kalonge, Ibwera, Bukoba District, June 1989, 6 months after planting
  61. Demonstration and evaluation trial at Izimbya, Bukoba District, June 1989, 5 months after planting
  62. Robusta coffee, the major cash crop, Rubale, Bukoba District, June 1989
  63. Robusta coffee, the major cash crop, Rubale, Bukoba District, June 1989
  64. Typical "modern" house, in the dry season at Rubale, Bukoba District, June 1989
  65. The Factorial Trial at Kibeta, Bukoba District, July 1989, 8 weeks after planting
  66. The Factorial Trial at Kibeta, Bukoba District, July 1989, 8 weeks after planting
  67. The Factorial Trial at Kibeta, Bukoba District, July 1989, 8 weeks after planting
  68. The Factorial Trial at Kibeta, Bukoba District, July 1989, 8 weeks after planting
  69. Newly re-furbished MV Victoria at Bukoba, August
  70. Shamba area in dry season, typical grassland in foreground, Muleba District, August 1989
  71. Project Nursery, mature bananas with severe wind damage, Muleba District, August 1989
  72. Demonstration and Evaluation trial at Kaigara Primary School, Muleba District, five months after planting, August 1989
  73. Demonstration and Evaluation trial at Kaigara Primary School, Muleba District, five months after planting, August 1989
  74. Demonstration and Evaluation trial at Kaigara Primary School, Muleba District, five months after planting, August 1989. Kamachumu Plateau in distance.
  75. The Lake Victoria Coast, Kimbugu, Muleba District, August 1989
  76. The Lake Victoria Coast, Kimbugu church, on low shelf, Muleba District, August 1989
  77. Kemondo Bay area in dry season, Bukoba District, August 1989
  78. Kemondo Bay area in dry season, Bukoba District, August 1989
  79. Kemondo Bay area for planned rail ferry terminal, Bukoba District, August 1989
  80. Local entrepeneur's house, Kemondo Bay, Bukoba District, August 1989
  81. Variety Nchoncho, for cooking, Nyakato, Bukoba District, August 1989
  82. Variety Mpindu, for cooking, Nyakato, Bukoba District, August 1989
  83. Variety Nyoya, for cooking, Nyakato, Bukoba District, August 1989
  84. Variety Nshakala, for cooking, Nyakato, Bukoba District, August 1989
  85. Variety Nkonjwa, for roasting, Nyakato, Bukoba District, August 1989
  86. Variety Ntobe, for cooking, Nyakato, Bukoba District, August 1989
  87. Variety Nshansha, for cooking, Nyakato, Bukoba District, August 1989
  88. Variety Nshansha Mbire (Mbile), for brewing, Nyakato, Bukoba District, August 1989
  89. Larva of the Banana Weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus, Nyakato, Bukoba District, August 1989
  90. Adults of the Banana Weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus, Nyakato, Bukoba District, August 1989
  91. Adults of the Banana Weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus, Nyakato, Bukoba District, August 1989
  92. Adults of the Banana Weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus, Nyakato, Bukoba District, August 1989
  93. Mature Nshansha variety, growing in the outflow from a cowshed midden, Nyakato, Bukoba District, August 1989
  94. Modern "zero grazing" cowshed at Nyakato, Bukoba District, August 1989
  95. Ibaraizibu, the FC end, 11 months after planting, Bukoba District, August 1989
  96. View from the Karagwe eastern ridge, looking north towards Uganda, December 1989
  97. View from the Karagwe eastern ridge, looking east towards Bukoba, December 1989
  98. View from the Karagwe eastern ridge, looking west towards Rwanda, December 1989
  99. Nematode infested roots
  100. Nkwenda Nursery, Karagwe District, December 1989
  101. Demonstration and Evaluation trial at Bisheshe, Karagwe District, December 1989, eight months after planting
  102. Demonstration and evaluation trial at Kalonge, Bukoba District, December 1989, 50 weeks after planting
  103. Demonstration and evaluation trial at Izimbya, Bukoba District, December 1989, ten months after planting, with road drainage improvement trench built into plot!
  104. Demonstration and evaluation trial at Izimbya, Bukoba District, December 1989, ten months after planting,
    viewed from C2, FC on left
  105. Factorial Trial at Kibeta, Bukoba District, December 1989, 7 months after planting
  106. Factorial Trial at Kibeta, Bukoba District, December 1989, 7 months after planting
  107. Factorial Trial at Nyakato, Bukoba District, December 1989, 6 months after planting
  108. Factorial Trial at Nyakato, Bukoba District, January 1990
  109. Factorial Trial at Nyakato, Bukoba District, January 1990
  110. The Kamachumu Plateau from the east, Ndologe Falls in centre. Muleba District, Kagera Region
  111. View from the Kamachumu Plateau, looking east to the Muleba littoral ridge, Muleba District, Kagera Region
  112. Typical District road, Bukoba District, Kagera Region.
  113. The Bukoba to Kamachumu road, Muleba District, Kagera Region.
  114. Kagondo Roman Catholic Mission church, Muleba District, Kagera Region.
  115. Heavy traffic on the A1, Bukoba District, Kagera Region.
  116. Banana with typical nitrogen deficiency symptoms - rosetting and reddish/yellow colour.
  117. Demonstration and evaluation trial at Kalema, Bukoba District, December 1989, 13 months after planting
  118. Demonstration and evaluation trial at Kaigara Primary School, Muleba District, February 1990, 51 weeks after planting
  119. Demonstration and evaluation trial at Kaigara Primary School, Muleba District, February 1990, 51 weeks after planting
  120. Factorial Trial at Nyakato, Bukoba District, February 1990, 8 months after planting
  121. Factorial Trial at Nyakato, Bukoba District, February 1990, 8 months after planting
  122. Nkonjwa Nshakara, Pink Horn Plantain, at Ibaraizibu, Bukoba District, April 1990
  123. Typical degraded shamba, near Ibaraizibu, Bukoba District, April 1990
  124. Gros Michel bananas, at Ibaraizibu, Bukoba District, April 1990
  125. Red Sweet Jamaica variety at the Ibura Project Nursery, Bukoba District, April 1990
  126. Dwarf Cavendish variety at the Ibura Project Nursery, Bukoba District, April 1990
  127. Nkonjwa Nshakara, Pink Horn Plantain, flower bud centre, at the Ibura Project Nursery, Bukoba District, April 1990
  128. Harvesting an Nshansha bunch, Kalema D&E trial, Bukoba District, April 1990
  129. Harvesting an Nshansha bunch, Kalema D&E trial, Bukoba District, April 1990
  130. The Kamachumu Plateau, Muleba District, seen from the north, April 1990

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