A deadly fungus is spreading from Southeast Asia and wiping out banana plantations

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Why The Banana Business Of Chiquita And Dole Is At Risk

CNBC
Published on Apr 21, 2019

A deadly fungus is spreading from Southeast Asia and wiping out whole plantations of America's favorite fruit: the banana. The tropical fruit's popularity is thanks to a few pioneering entrepreneurs, who founded Chiquita under a different name over a century ago. Now, the business they built is at risk of decimation if the fungus reaches Latin America, the source of 97% of the U.S.' banana imports.

 
That is why lack of bio diversity in agriculture is a bad thing.


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Price will go up. Remember the coffee shortage in the 80's. I really wasn't a coffee drinker, but my room mate was and complained it was close to the price of gold.
 
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