Know your bananas

Abstract

Bananas are the most important food in parts of the Markham Valley, in the dry areas of the central Papuan coast, around Rabaul and in other localities such as on Cape Vogel. They tend to be more important in drier areas, but they are found almost everywhere in Papua New Guinea, in both the lowlands and the highlands. Probably only sweet potato is a more important crop on a national basis.