BANANA ECONOMY A MICRO LEVEL STUDY IN EAST GARO HILLS AND GOALPARA DISTRICT

Download or read book BANANA ECONOMY A MICRO LEVEL STUDY IN EAST GARO HILLS AND GOALPARA DISTRICT written by Dr. Abdul Haque Ahmed and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Banana (Musa) is the most popular fruit and globally the fourth most widely consumed crop by man after rice, wheat and corn. Banana Economy involves production front and marketing arrangements of banana as it possesses commercial, nutritional as well as environmental values. In Assam and Meghalaya people depend on different types of banana as a source of livelihood and wellbeing. The government has already planned for boosting the production of banana both for domestic consumption and exports.