After Barren Years in Somalia, Signs of Growth by the Bunch Banana farming was brought to the fertile Shebelle and Juba river basins in the southern part of the country of Somalia by Italian colonists in the 1920s. Soon, bananas became a major staple of Somali cuisine, consumed with rice or pasta, or just as a fruit, and farmers began exporting to Italy and the Middle East. With investment by Italian and American fruit companies, the banana trade reached its peak in the 1980s, led by the brand Somalita, which was partly owned by De Nadai, an Italian company. In 1990, Somalia’s banana exports were worth $96 million, according to Mohamood Abdi Noor, a former World Bank agricultural expert. nytimes/2014/12/14/world/after-barren-years-in-somalia-signs-of-growth-in-bananas.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar%2C%7B%222%22%3A%22RI%3A15%22%7D
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 18:16:27 +0000
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