SYDNEY - An outbreak of a feared disease affecting banana plants has been confirmed on an Australian farm, raising worries over the outlook for the country's $420 million industry. The so-called ...

Many of us mindlessly shop for food, fuel, clothing, home goods and more without thinking much about where it all comes from, forgetting that in most cases it all started on a farm. Most people are ...

For more than two decades, banana farming was the lifeline of Euphrasie Mukankaka, a 56-year-old farmer from Nzige Sector in Rwamagana District. A mother of five, Mukankaka and her husband began ...

A stroll around the Imenti area in Meru reveals swathes of lush green farms where banana plantations are flourishing alongside the region's traditional crop, miraa (khat). As farmers increasingly ...