According to scientists , enset, a banana grown in Ethiopia, could be a new superfood and could provide a life-saving response to climate change , the BBC News reported.
According to a new study published in the Environmental Research Letters , a banana-like plant could feed more than a hundred million people in the age of global warming
The enset (Ensete ventricosum) plant, also referred to as Ethiopian or “fake banana”, is almost unknown outside Ethiopia, but the food of twenty million people in the African country . The banana-like fruit of the plant is not edible, but starchy stalks and roots can be fermented and used to make porridge and bread.
The researchers consider that: the plant can be grown on a much larger area in Africa, as wild relatives of the enset, which are not considered fit for human consumption, have spread all the way to the south of the continent.
researchers have projected, through modeling and agricultural surveys, that the first could potentially feed hundreds of millions of people over the next forty years. It would also increase food security in African countries such as Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda.
James Borrell, a researcher at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, agreed that the first could come in handy in times of food insecurity. He added that the plant is made special by some unusual properties. “It can be planted at any time, can be harvested at any time and is perennial. That’s why it’s called the anti-hunger tree,” he explained. “”
on other continents. Therefore, there is a growing interest in new plants that provide food, as humanity depends on some basic plants. Nearly half of the calories consumed can be attributed to three crops: rice, wheat and corn.
“The crops we use around the world need to be diversified because we rely on a very narrow range of crops “, Borrell warned.
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