World: Banana prices could increase as a result of climate change, according to specialist

As the years go by, global warming will specifically affect the production of bananas and also directly their price. This was pointed out by an expert for BBC News, where he explains why this would already be a problem for the industry. Pascal Liu, an economist at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, mentioned that “climate impacts represent an ‘enormous threat’ to supply, compounding the impacts of fast-spreading diseases.” Case in the United Kingdom Concerns began in the United Kingdom, where certain stores suffered a shortage of bananas due to sea storms. As a useful fact, “the United Kingdom alone imports around 5 billion bananas each year, and around 90% are sold through major supermarkets,” the outlet indicated. As a result, the question arose of what will happen if, after these types of climates, the banana ripening centers cannot collaborate in the long term, in maintaining this fruit for sale and export. “The ripening centers can accelerate or ...