Tissue Culture Banana: 'wonder crop for Kenya'
Then a research firm introduced a high yielding, fast maturing banana, the Tissue Culture Banana, helping eliminate poverty in a region where people had resigned to hopelessness.
Research indicates the average hectare yield for tissue culture bananas is 30 to 40 tons per year, earning more than $10 000 almost twice the yield from normal breeds.
In 2000, world leaders set themselves a goal of reducing extreme hunger and poverty by the end of September.
Nearly 70% of Africa’s rural population rely on agriculture for economic sustainability, which remains the backbone of most of the continent’s economies.
Source: sabc.co.za