Saving Bananas

My advocacy essay about the extinction of bananas, and the policies proposes some way to save bananas. Scientists are discovering that the Cavendish banana, the bananas that we eat today, are under attack by the Panama Disease, a deadly fungus, in some Asian countries. However the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have declared some policies that would prevent the bananas from being severely attacked by the disease. FAO has called for the "development of more diversity in the banana, especially for export bananas, promoting awareness of the inevitable consequences of a narrow genetic taste in crops and the need for a broader genetic base for commercial bananas, and strengthening plant breeding programmes in developing countries for banana and other basic staple crops" (FAO). This is important for the bananas to have a diversity because farmers need new methods to resist the disease. There have been issues about the new use of transgenics, that people are questioning if it is healthy for some consumers, but FAO is calling for more healthier ways to save the cultivation.