2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
Bananas are the fruit of a tree-like plant that is grown mainly in the tropics, but can grow in over a hundred countries. Bananas are present on the market all year round and participate in a variety of our favorite desserts.
Apart from being delicious, bananas are also useful because they contain fiber, vitamin A, vitamin B6, manganese, folic acid and more. However, this is clearly not enough for experts, as Australian scientists are developing a genetically modified type of super bananas, which will have an increased content of vitamin A, informs AFP.
According to experts, the new type of banana can improve the lives of millions of people living in Africa. They promise that the super bananas will soon be tested for consumption in the United States, and the inspection of the fruit would last a month and a half.
The new type of bananas will be divided into several varieties. Some will be rich in alpha and beta-carotene and others in vitamin A. GMO bananas are likely to be grown on a larger scale in Uganda by 2020.
The unusual venture was conceived by scientists at the University of Technology in Queens, Australia and is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which fights hunger and viral and sexually transmitted diseases in Africa. Thanks to the new bananas, locals will be able to prepare even more filling and healthy meals rich in iron and vitamin A.
GMO bananas are no different from normal bananas at first glance. The only difference is that inside they are more orange. The new fruit has already been approved for commercial production in Uganda. There are prospects for the same cultivation technology to be applied in countries such as Kenya, Congo, Rwanda and Tanzania.
Vitamin A deficiency leads to growth retardation, keratinization of the skin, decreased function of various glands and susceptibility to infections. One of the serious manifestations of vitamin A deficiency is "chicken blindness", which results in loss of visual acuity, especially at dusk and darkness.
But the lack of this vitamin can even lead to fatal consequences. Nearly 650,000 children die each year from vitamin A deficiency.
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