Banana production in Iceland
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Although Iceland is reliant upon fishing and aluminum production as the mainstays of its economy, there is also some banana production.[1] However, this does not occur on a commercial scale, but was an experiment to show that water from the hot geysers could provide a localised climate sufficient for this.
The BBC quiz programme QI claims that Iceland is the largest European banana producer.[2][3] However, in 2007, the largest European banana producer by far was Spain,[4] although produced in the Canary Islands, which lie off the coast of Africa.
Iceland is a net importer of bananas, amounting to approximately 14 kg per capita per annum.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Simmonds, Jane; Tom Le Bas, Brian Bell (1999). Iceland. Insight Guides. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4-puvJH_lykC&pg=PA119&lpg=PA119&dq=banana+production+in+Iceland&source=bl&ots=aROM2LLDH-&sig=oR1y22zwENNI-IJtITMqfi58r5E&hl=en&ei=tiVWSrzmJ8igjAf9lJTZAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
- ^ "Q.I. - Biggest Banana Republic in Europe". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiuHQyPLzTI. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "QI Talk Forum". http://qi.com/talk/viewtopic.php?start=0&t=9540. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ http://faostat.fao.org/site/567/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=567 (compare the data for Europe resp. Spain)
- ^ Banana Imports
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