Going bananas for sustainable research -- scientists create fuel from African crop waste
Monday, April 6, 2009 - 18:21
in Earth & Climate
Bananas are a staple crop of Rwanda. The fruit is eaten raw, fried and baked — it even produces banana beer and wine. Around 2 million tons are grown each year but the fruit is only a small percentage of what the plant produces. The rest — skins, leaves and stems — is left to rot as waste.