"Ultimately, by introducing oil palm to Central America, United Fruit's crop diversification project served to replace one #monoculture with another."

"Beyond Bananas: The United Fruit Company and Agricultural “Diversification”" 🔒

https://read.dukeupress.edu/agricultural-history/article-abstract/97/3/383/381632/Beyond-BananasThe-United-Fruit-Company

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Beyond Bananas: The United Fruit Company and Agricultural “Diversification”

Abstract. From 1926 to 1974, the United Fruit Company operated the Lancetilla Experiment Station near Tela, Honduras.

^{Raby, Megan (Duke University Press)}