Chironex

Thanks for posting this article. Indeed it is thought-provoking and creates an awareness of some of the issues facing the industry as a whole. Personally, I would like to see a greater emphasis on promoting the smaller farmer and diversity in bananas available to everyone. But I tend to believe that the closely guarded secret technology will ultimately be the "ace up the sleeve" of the Banana Carttels. The smaller producers of the banana world will see land values driven down as their plantations become increasingly infected, then gobbled up at fire sale prices by the 'Big Bananas' who can plant new, disease-resistant strains. Since chemicals that had been used to reduce infection won't be as widely used, the price will become prohibitive to the little guys.
There seems to be a definite plan here. I truly hope that I am incorrect. What does everyone else think about it? I have said this in another post, but it bears repeating - we have a collective voice and we can promote the sharing of technology with the little guys who are not part of the Banana Cartel. Could we put our heads together to make a public statement at the very least? Something that some of the news wires could pick up?

I apologize for detracting from the original intent of bananaman's post here. It just got me thinking and I had to make known my thoughts on this matter.

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Scot


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