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How India's 5,000-year-old 'kadali phalam' became the banana we know todayBananas, originating from ancient India over 5,000 years ago, spread globally thanks to figures like Alexander the Great and Arab traders. ...- Can the world's loneliest plant get its perfect match?E. woodii is a member of the cycad family, heavy plants with thick trunks and large stiff leaves that form a majestic crown. These resilien...
- Bananas face threat from fungal disease. Details hereBananas are facing threat from a fungal disease known as Panama disease Tropical Race 4 (TR4).
- The food trunk: Doing your sourcing in a suitcase is an act of defianceMany Indians have stories about travelling with suitcases full of food.
- Time to move over, mango; it’s a banana republicWhile grapes continued to be the sweetest fruit for Indian traders, with shipments worth more than Rs 2,400 crore in 2020-21, according to ...
- Food for thought: Why are Indians eating less fruits than before? Expensive price, poor taste might be the reasonFruits in India were 20% more expensive than in the West, say experts.
- One solution to this one-banana problemThere’s no point going bananas about the blight, switch to a better banana.
- How the mango mesmerises with its many varietiesWhat makes the mango have a class of its own?
- Here's why Mark Twain said that heaven was copied after MauritiusMauritius, the sun-drenched island in the Indian Ocean may be better known as a honeymooners' paradise with its pristine beaches and sumptu...
- Why diversity is good for investmentsJust as we need variety in our diet to ensure good health, in our investments too we need diversity to mitigate risks and even out the ups ...
- Fast-advancing fungal disease may wipe out bananas in less than a decadeResearchers discovered how three fungal diseases have evolved into a lethal threat to bananas - one of the world's top five staple foods.
- When travelling these places...don't forget to taste street treatsThe delectable and succulent meat is relished with a tasty peanut dip, rice cubes along with some fresh slices of cucumber and onion.
- Food Fable: Baskets of wishesYou groan at another box of sweets, but fruits are taken home for the kids to eat. And if fruit baskets used to have a cheap image, exotic ...
- Low pricing leads to steep fall in banana exports in 2011-12In 2011-12, 21,525 metric tonnes of banana were exported of the total 2,56,767 fresh fruit exports from the country.
- London's best view: A park on a summer daySeeing London’s parks may seem a pretty unlikely thing for a couple of Indians to do on a holiday , instead of hitting the nightspots. But ...
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