The world's bananas are in trouble - is this the solution? - BBC World Service

Scientists around the world are working on ways to stop banana crops being wiped out by a new strain of Panama disease. The disease, which has so far affected farms on four continents, reaches the banana plants through infected soil.
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Cleaning the soil is almost impossible.
One idea under development in the Netherlands is to take away the soil altogether and replace it with something produced in a factory - such as loft insulation.
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[@redjeka5329]

Lol i have to watch this video fore school

[@user-er3xf4ic4b]

I bet when a bannana answer's the phone it say's "yellow"

[@sarapezzinni2830]

This isn't anything new. The Environmental Research Lab of the University of Arizona developed this decades ago for the Kraft exhibit at Epcot. Later they grew lettuce in Tucson for a while. I haven't seen lettuce or any other crop (except where marajuans is not legal) taken over by this method. I guess this would keep the really wealthy in bananas.

[@monaoberoi3759]

Hai!
we the Indian found this solution long ago....we put Haldi in banana every week while praying the banana tree..🙂

[@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm]

we need genetic modifications. The foam is expensive and eco-harmful.