Quote (powwpoww @ 22 Jun 2022 21:01)
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What is disheartening is that there is a banana virus, BAV, which may wipe out the banana. As the bananas which we use as food are of a single species, as soon as BAV makes its way across the globe, that is it for our bananas.
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"Also known as Panama Disease, it is a fungus that has been rampaging through banana farms for the past 30 years. But within the last decade the epidemic has suddenly accelerated, spreading from Asia to Australia, the Middle East, Africa and more recently Latin America, where the majority of the bananas shipped to supermarkets in the global north come from. To date it is now in more than 20 countries, prompting fears of a 'banana pandemic' and shortages of the world’s favourite fruit."
https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/follow-the-food/the-pandemic-threatening-bananas.htmlThis post was edited by jalapenos on Jul 17 2022 06:05pm