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World Service,12 May 1997,13 mins

Who will be Eating all the Bananas?

The Farming World

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International Banana Meeting predicts a surplus. Will other crops covered by the Lomé Convention lose out after the WTO ruling on bananas? Can African farmers make a living from indigenous silkworms? How irradiation destroys organisms dangerous to human health.

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