Topic discussing: Bananas: Going extinct? Wishcycling- what is it and how do we overcome it?
Presenter:
Khalid Bhunnoo
Qayyum Rashid
Segment 1: Bananas: Going extinct?
Gist of the story: The world may soon be facing an extinction of the banana variety popular today as growers are preparing to fight a fast-spreading disease threatening the fruit‘s growth in Peru and Colombia.
Segment 2: Wishcycling- what is it and how do we overcome it?
Gist of the story: The UK government is planning to implement a new policy in which households are asked to be more selective in what they recycle
Guest:
Professor James Dale- James leads the large Banana Biotechnology Program at Queensland University of Technology to enhance bananas through genetic modification and more recently gene editing
Jack Plummer- RBG Kew’s Plant Assessment Coordinator
Professor Christine Foyer- Professor of Plant Sciences at the School of BioSciences Sciences at the University of Birmingham
Stephen Clarke/TerraCycle- Steve Clarke, Head of Communications for TerraCycle Europe
TerraCycle is a global leader
Researchers:
Sofia Nosheen Ahmad, Kashifa Noor Ahmad, Haniah Sajid, Khaffia Latif
Produced by:
Haniah Sajid and Khaffia Latif
