Various types of rice including black, arborio, basmati, red and parboiled on a banana leaf, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Transporting bananas from plantation, Costa Rica

Banana Tree, Queensland, Australia

Banana Tree, Queensland, Australia

Tanzanian women pounding cassava and dried banana in a wooden mortar and pestle in the traditional way. Kighare, same, in the north-east near kilimanjaro

Tanzanian woman carrying bananas, kighare, same, in the north-east near kilimanjaro

BOLIVIA ECOTOPS projects in Alto Beni. ECOTOPS technician Fortunato Velasquez Marca examining bananas at a farm in Communidad Los Palmeroa

CAMBODIA Woman cutting banana stem for cooking. Ban Bung village, Stung Treng district

BOLIVIA ECOTOPS projects in Alto Beni. Farmers stopping to eat lunch, Communidad Los Palmeros

Bananas for sale, Kimironko Market, Kigali Rwanda

Fresh produce for sale, Kimironko Market, Kigali Rwanda

Fruits for sale, Kimironko Market, Kigali Rwanda

Worker carrying bananas, Banane plantage, Canary Islands, Spain

Worker at banana harvest, banana plantation near Galdar, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

Bananas on a boat, Musa species, Havelock Island, Andaman Islands, India