Venditore di banane a Calcutta

(Epa/Piyal Adhikary)

17/11/2009 - Banana traders busy loading bananas onto rickshaws for a transport to retail markets at the Mechua wholesale fruit market in eastern Indian city of Calcutta 17 November 2009. Banana traders in Calcutta and other parts of West Bengal receive the bananas from various Indian states, such as Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharastra, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Sales deals take place with the farmers or traders in various states much before the season begins and traders in Calcutta hope a good crop would bring a big business.