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World Service,2 mins

Cult of the Cavendish

The Food Chain

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Up to 17 million tonnes of bananas are traded around the world every year, and the one consumers are most familiar with is called the Cavendish. But reliance on this variety has producers excluding other bananas. The 麻豆社's Dan Saladino explores why growers in Uganda are fighting for the others. (Photo: Green bananas being processed Credit: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images)

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