Banana production by Kubo people of the Interior Lowlands of Papua New Guinea
1993
Dwyer, P.D. | Minnegal, M. (Queensland Univ. St. Lucia (Australia). Department of Animal Production)
A fifteen month study of subsistence farming was undertaken in the Kubo community of Gwaimasi, Western province, Papua New Guinea. Bananas and flour from Sago palms were the main source of carbohydrate for locals grown in small gardens. Planting density was 1382 plants/ha. Bananas were available for eating between eight and twenty months after planting and yields were 1313 bunches/ha (4494kg edible/ha).
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