Golden bananas high in pro-vitamin A developed

Friday, July 7, 2017 - 16:22 in Health & Medicine

Ugandan bananas high in pro-vitamin A have been developed by researchers. Cooking bananas are the staple food in rural Uganda, and yet worldwide, 650,000-750,000 children die from vitamin A deficiency. Thanks to this new study, Ugandan farmers will be growing pro-vitamin A rich bananas in 2021.

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