An Economic Assessment of Banana Genetic Improvement and ...
An Economic Assessment of Banana Genetic Improvement and ...
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THE BANANA ECONOMY IN THE LAKE VICTORIA REGIONS 31<br />
Figure 3.2 Map <strong>of</strong> Tanzania showing banana supply routes<br />
Ug<strong>and</strong>a<br />
Kenya<br />
Kagera<br />
Mara<br />
Mwanza<br />
Shinyanga<br />
Arusha<br />
Kilimanjaro<br />
Kigoma<br />
Rukwa<br />
Tabora<br />
Singida<br />
Dodoma<br />
Tanga<br />
Pemba<br />
Zanzibar<br />
Dar es Salaam<br />
Morogoro<br />
Mbeya<br />
Iringa<br />
Pwani<br />
Zambia<br />
Lindi<br />
Botswana<br />
Malawi<br />
Ruvuma<br />
Mtwara<br />
Source: MAFS (2001).<br />
cessed. Principal buyers for cooking bananas<br />
are consumers. Buyers for roasting<br />
<strong>and</strong> frying bananas are mainly business<br />
enterprises (such as hotels <strong>and</strong> bars) that sell<br />
the processed/roasted bananas (Nkuba et al.<br />
2003). Some banana types <strong>and</strong> their products<br />
are exclusively dem<strong>and</strong>ed within local<br />
banana-growing areas, whereas others are<br />
dem<strong>and</strong>ed within <strong>and</strong>/or outside these areas<br />
(Table 3.2). here> 3.2near
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