A stroll around the Imenti area in Meru reveals swathes of lush green farms where banana plantations are flourishing alongside the region’s traditional crop, miraa (khat). As farmers increasingly ...

A stroll around the Imenti area in Meru reveals swathes of lush green farms where banana plantations are flourishing alongside the region's traditional crop, miraa (khat). As farmers increasingly ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 7, 2024) Organic banana production is significantly more conducive to microbial decomposition than its chemical-intensive counterparts in the Caribbean nation of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the 1950s, the most popular banana in the world was ...

For more than two decades, banana farming was the lifeline of Euphrasie Mukankaka, a 56-year-old farmer from Nzige Sector in Rwamagana District. A mother of five, Mukankaka and her husband began ...

After more than 75 years without a new commercial banana variety, the first innovative cultivar designed to resist browning is poised for market release next year. This development promises to ...