The manual counting of the  hands  and  bunches  of bananas (recounted in Harry Belafonte's famous  Banana Boat Song ) was mechanized in the 1960s, but the work of loading the boats is still labor intensive.
The mechanization of banana counting lead to a prominent growth in the area's economy.
mnli hypothesis: The mechanization of banana counting lead to a prominent growth in the area's economy. premise: The manual counting of the  hands  and  bunches  of bananas (recounted in Harry Belafonte's famous  Banana Boat Song ) was mechanized in the 1960s, but the work of loading the boats is still labor intensive.