New Agriculturist 2009-1: Focus on... A ripe time for Somali bananas?

New Agriculturist 2009-1: Focus on... A ripe time for Somali bananas?t its peak, Somali banana production reached 12,000 hectares, employing over 120,000 people. The banana business flourished: with more than two-thirds of production being of export quality, it supplied markets in Europe, especially Italy, and the Persian Gulf. The onset of civil war in the early 1990s saw banana production decline although the export sector was partially revived between 1993-97.