date:Apr 16, 2014
ons for the banana value chain and livelihoods, FAO said in an information brief.
Banana is the eighth most important food crop in the world and the fourth most important food crop among the worlds least-developed countries, according to FAOSTAT, the UN agencys data-gathering and analysis service.
Any disease or constraint that affects bananas is striking at an important source of food, livelihoods, employment and government revenues in many tropical countries, said Gianluca Gondolini, Secreta