== Misleading production data == 

 The recent archiving of old material here has removed an important warning. FAO and similar  production data is misleading, as is explained at Banana#Production and export,  statistics for "bananas" and "plantains" are combined. Some countries separate their data for "bananas" and "plantains", but three of the world's top four producers do not. So adding up stated production of "bananas" alone is misleading, and significantly underestimates world production.