Each year, at least one banana plant has bloomed and produced three bananas. Mr. Torres said when people come to visit, they often confuse the banana plants with palm trees.

In the two years since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ended Nigeria’s popular fuel subsidy, residents of Ngwoma have seen their world shrink.

Bananas are generally grown in tropical regions such as South and Central America as well as India, China and Africa. To produce fruit, trees need temperatures over 15C and, ideally, over 27C.

Enter the wide-leg cargo jean trend that the fashion crowd is all over. Banana Republic Factory is currently selling Wide-Leg Cargo Pull-On Jeans for 50% off.

As did well-irrigated and maintained fruit trees. Years ago, I wrote about banana trees being used as green fire breaks: well-irrigated plants that resist catching on fire, while feeding the ...

Before the Cavendish, there was the original banana, which was called the Gros Michel. It was eaten prior to the 1950s, but by the 1960s, it was extinct, and the Cavendish became the norm.

Factory print cloth may be manufactured in Europe or Asia for the African market or be made in an African factory and sold anywhere. Generally identified with bright colors and bold designs, it ...

Factory printed cloth with a repeating pattern of two vertical rows of abstract figures on yellow backgrounds with the text "DAKAR" written above. Background is dark blue and a horizontal row of brown ...

The Banana Factory at ArtsQuest announces an exciting inaugural event, The People’s Ball, taking place on May 6, at 7 p.m., in the Crayola Gallery. The People’s Ball is a party that celebrates art, s ...

Selecting the best fertilizer for banana trees involves exploring more intensively. If you are new to this, let us help you.

Sarah Angold turned away from celebrity to create an alternative to cotton, raising thousands of banana farmers out of poverty in the process. Lisa Grainger reports. Sarah Angold On Banana Fashion & ...