Kuk is a settlement at c. 1600 m altitude in the upper Wahgi Valley of the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea, near Mount Hagen, the provincial capi

Assesses current yields in different regions and constraints in improving productivity Discusses all the key stages in cultivation needed to make banana product

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