Banana over the years, the environmental and social impact of the Banana Industry

This topic submitted by Maricruz Rivera ( riveram2@muohio.edu) at 12:23 PM on 5/16/08.

This bat was impaled on thorns. How did this happen? Poor Navigation? Where was Air Traffic Control? Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.

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1. Banana over the years
¥ History of Banana in Central America
¥ History of Banana in Costa Rica
2. The Banana cultivation and process
¥ Plant Growth
¥ Harvest
¥ Cleaning and Packing
¥ Cheaping

3. The Impacts
¥ Social
¥ Environmental

4. Alternatives
¥ IPM practices
¥ Recycling
¥ Organic agriculture



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