Bananas at a grocery store in Fairfax, Virginia. (USDA Photo) Clemson University scientists have secured a $1.2 million Gates Foundation grant to develop innovative hydroponic technology that could ...

World banana trade has skyrocketed in recent years, with an estimated export volume of 21 million metric tons in 2019, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The ...

CAXITO, Angola, May 19 (Reuters) - After decades of civil war destroyed Angola's fertile farmland and a booming oil industry pushed out all other commerce, Santa Rodrigo wondered how she could ever ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bananas seem like the ultimate dependable food, always waiting in the fruit bowl and ready for a quick snack. Yet their journey from tropical plantations to supermarket shelves is packed with twists, ...