Battling to save the world's bananas
The story of the banana is a remarkable one: the whole commercial global banana crop can be traced back to a particular Cavendish banana tree that originate at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, and this makes it susceptible to disease.
Battling to save the world's bananas https://t.co/BOdH8Vi9iA
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 1, 2018
The disease that is affecting the sector, Panama disease, is particularly virulent, is reducing the supply of bananas - and this has obvious implications for the price of bananas which for many years has been a staple source of affordable nourishment.
Battling to save the world's bananas https://t.co/NGI7ZNQlVc pic.twitter.com/5WDuW3v6jm
— BBC News Africa (@BBCAfrica) February 1, 2018
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