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Old 07-23-2009, 03:20 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Default Re: Growth in banana acreage

Between 500 and 1000 new hectares (so that's 1235 to 2471 acres) come online each year in Ecuador, normally in "fallowed" rice-production areas. Other "banana republics" have similar growth, especially Colombia and Honduras.
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