Arusha. Researchers at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have intensified efforts to develop disease-resistant banana varieties in a bid to combat the devastating virus, which ...

Banana plants were showing wilted yellow leaves ... in the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean. Since there is no cure, all that can be done is to quarantine the infected farms and enforce ...

Did you know unripe bananas can have a small laxative effect? I do, but not because I’m an expert on the fruit. I just really ...

Banana plants were showing wilted yellow leaves ... in the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean. Since there is no cure, all that can be done is to quarantine the infected farms and enforce ...

As bananas ripen, they become sweeter, too. That’s partly why they’re preferred for banana bread. But according to NHS gastrointestinal (GI) surgeon and author Dr Karan Rajan, there’s more ...