BBC – Battling to save the world’s bananas

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Could the banana, the world’s most exported fruit and the source of nutrients for millions of people, be at risk of extinction?

“All African countries are worried about what’s happening in Mozambique,” says Antonia Vaz, the head of plant pathology at Mozambique’s Ministry of Agriculture.

The BBC was the first to be given access to the farm since it was hit with the disease.

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SOURCES: BBC, Getty Images