• droans@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    and is still happening.

    Don’t just brush past this. A new strain of Panama Disease now infects Cavandish, the current strain of bananas. It’s spread across the globe now, even to Colombia where most bananas are harvested.

    The closest replacement will be plantains. No other strain can be reliably mass harvested for global demand.