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Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...gus-decimates-global-banana-crop-9239464.html
Bananageddon: Millions face hunger as deadly fungus decimates global banana crop
Cahal Milmo Author Biography
Chief Reporter
Friday 04 April 2014
Scientists have warned that the world?s banana crop, worth ?26 billion and a crucial part of the diet of more than 400 million people, is facing ?disaster? from virulent diseases immune to pesticides or other forms of control.
Alarm at the most potent threat ? a fungus known as Panama disease tropical race 4 (TR4) ? has risen dramatically after it was announced in recent weeks that it has jumped from South-east Asia, where it has already devastated export crops, to Mozambique and Jordan.
A United Nations agency told The Independent that the spread of TR4 represents an ?expanded threat to global banana production?...
Bananageddon: Millions face hunger as deadly fungus decimates global banana crop
Cahal Milmo Author Biography
Chief Reporter
Friday 04 April 2014
Scientists have warned that the world?s banana crop, worth ?26 billion and a crucial part of the diet of more than 400 million people, is facing ?disaster? from virulent diseases immune to pesticides or other forms of control.
Alarm at the most potent threat ? a fungus known as Panama disease tropical race 4 (TR4) ? has risen dramatically after it was announced in recent weeks that it has jumped from South-east Asia, where it has already devastated export crops, to Mozambique and Jordan.
A United Nations agency told The Independent that the spread of TR4 represents an ?expanded threat to global banana production?...