Bananas are at the sharp end of industrial agriculture's chemical war on pests and pathogens, writes Angelina Sanderson Bellamy. But even 60 pesticide sprays a year isn't enough to keep the diseases at bay. It's time to seek new solutions with little or no use of chemicals, working with nature, growing diverse crops on the same land - and breaking the dominance of the banana multinationals.
Disease may wipe out the world's bananas - unless we adopt agroecological solutions Angelina Sanderson Bellamy Cardiff University | 7th February 2016 News Farming Food Corporations Health Toxics …