Explained: How climate change can help or hurt bananas

A new study has found that climate change has benefited bananas over the last several decades but predicted that the trend will reserve, with climate change eventually causing a negative impact.

Bananas are recognised as the most important fruit crop, providing food, nutrition, and income for millions in both rural and urban areas across the globe

Bananas thrive in warmer climates, and India is the world’s largest producer and consumer of the fruit crop. When the planet itself is warming, does it help or hamper production? A new study has found that climate change has benefited bananas over the last several decades but predicted that the trend will reverse, with climate change eventually causing a negative impact.