Local Beer Banana brew

Local beer Banana source of income in Mugina Commune, Burundi (Photo taken by Célestin Niyongere)
Uganda_2

Masaka market, Uganda: Bananas ready for trucking to supply Kampala (C. Picq, Bioversity International).
Uganda

Banana is the main crop grown by smallholder farmers in the Bushenyi district, South western Uganda (C. Picq, Bioversity International).
Burundi

Woman transporting a banana sucker, Cibitoke, Burundi (P. Lepoint, Bioversity International)
Malawi

A new investment in the banana industry in Malawi. Clean planting material has been accessed from DuRoy tissue culture laboratory in South Africa (E. Karamura, Bioversity International).
Market Nairobi

Dessert bananas on display at a fruit and vegetable market in Nairobi, Kenya (A. Vezina, Bioversity International).
Habitat Burundi

Traditional hut with a banana garden in Gisozi, Burundi (P. Lepoint, Bioversity International).

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