Hmmm, I am guessing everyone has rushed out to buy Bananas?
Some facts
How many banana varieties exist and what are the differences?
There are more than 1*000 varieties of bananas produced and consumed locally in the world, but the most commercialized is the Cavendish type banana, which accounts for around 47 percent of global production. Cavendish banana crops are able to achieve high yields per hectare and, due to their short stems, are less prone to damage from environmental influences such as storms. Cavendish banana plants are also known for recovering from natural disasters quickly. Approximately 50 billion tonnes of Cavendish bananas are produced globally every year.
Virtually all bananas supplied to the US and European markets are Cavendish
What is the current volume of global banana production?
Precise figures on total global banana production are difficult to obtain as banana cultivation is often conducted by smallholder farmers and traded in the informal sector, which is often untraceable. For example, some 70-80 percent of production in Africa are local bananas that have been present on the continent for over 1*000 years. These are mostly cooking bananas that are a popular and important staple food. Available data indicate that between 2000 and 2017, global production of bananas grew at a compound annual rate of 3.2 percent, reaching a record of 114 million tonnes in 2017, up from around 67 million tonnes in 2000.
What is the estimated harvested area globally?
Approximately 5.6 million hectares of land are dedicated to banana production globally, according to latest available data from 2017 (FAOSTAT). The rapid expansion of the banana industry is evident in the evolution of the harvested area over time, which amounted to 3.6 million hectares in 1993 and 4.6 million hectares in 2000 (FAOSTAT).
Which countries are the biggest banana importers?
By far the biggest importer is the European Union, which accounted for an annual average of 32 percent of total global imports between 2010 and 2016, followed by the United States (25 percent). The Russian Federation (8 percent), Japan (6 percent) and China (5 percent) are other noteworthy importers. The main importer of organic bananas is the United Kingdom.
more here..
https://www.fao.org/economic/est/est.../#.Y_fDu7TMKEI
50 billion tonnes of Cavendish bananas are produced globally every year.
Thats alot of Banana there! and all those skins just waiting to be repurposed into Discus Water Filters.