Industry experts say the price of bananas globally is very likely to rise due to the impact of climate change — but some believe paying more for bananas now could mitigate those risks.
Industry leaders and academics gathered this week in Rome for the World Banana Forum issued a warning over the impact climate change is having on production and supply chains on a global scale. But some also suggested that price hikes on grocery store shelves now could help prepare the countries where the fruit is grown to deal with the impacts of the warming climate.
As temperatures increase beyond optimal levels for banana growth, there’s a heightened risk of low yields, Dan Bebber, a British professor who’s one of the leading academics on sustainable agriculture and crop pathogens, told CBS News on Tuesday from Rome.
“Industry leaders and academics gathered this week in Rome for the World Banana Forum”
Lol the ‘World Banana Forum’ sounds ridiculous and a bit porny
Da monkeys are gonna be super angry with this one
So yeah id pay more
But if the money just lands in the pocket of idk 2-3 people who own the shit I won’t…
Of country they should be more expensive at least in US . 72 cents a pound . I hatev to see how much they cost before shipping. And that’s for organic at Walmart
Dairy milk is 2$ while oat milk is 3-4$ despite oat milk using like 10% of resourced compared. No shit some things should be way more expensive.
one reason they’re so cheap in the first place is because the us government allowed united fruit and its descendants to level forests to start banana plantations and destroying ecosystems in the process.
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Industry experts say the price of bananas globally is very likely to rise due to the impact of climate change — but some believe paying more for bananas now could mitigate those risks.
Industry leaders and academics gathered this week in Rome for the World Banana Forum issued a warning over the impact climate change is having on production and supply chains on a global scale. But some also suggested that price hikes on grocery store shelves now could help prepare the countries where the fruit is grown to deal with the impacts of the warming climate.
As temperatures increase beyond optimal levels for banana growth, there’s a heightened risk of low yields, Dan Bebber, a British professor who’s one of the leading academics on sustainable agriculture and crop pathogens, told CBS News on Tuesday from Rome.
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“Industry leaders and academics gathered this week in Rome for the World Banana Forum”
Lol the ‘World Banana Forum’ sounds ridiculous and a bit porny
Da monkeys are gonna be super angry with this one
So yeah id pay more
But if the money just lands in the pocket of idk 2-3 people who own the shit I won’t…
Of country they should be more expensive at least in US . 72 cents a pound . I hatev to see how much they cost before shipping. And that’s for organic at Walmart
Dairy milk is 2$ while oat milk is 3-4$ despite oat milk using like 10% of resourced compared. No shit some things should be way more expensive.
one reason they’re so cheap in the first place is because the us government allowed united fruit and its descendants to level forests to start banana plantations and destroying ecosystems in the process.
our comeuppance is due.