Papyrus Australia is converting discarded banana plantation fibre into biodegradable blast collars for open-cut mining.

An Australian listed company, Papyrus Australia Limited has developed a proprietary technology that is seeing it supply ...

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International food scientists warn that a decades-long, unresolved fungal disease threatening banana plants is endangering crops in South-East Asia and worldwide, risking livelihoods and food security ...

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Sept. 23 (UPI) --Nectar-eating bats that get most of their nutrition from banana plantations in Costa Rica boast less diverse gut microbiota than their peers living and eating in natural forest ...

Strict coronavirus restrictions and exploitative practices have caused more than 500 workers in Laos to quit their jobs at a Chinese-run banana plantation this week, according to media reports. “[For] ...