Super bananas – world first human trial
Found on QUT on Monday, 16 June 2014
The world's first human trial of pro-vitamin A-enriched banana, expected to lift the health and well-being of millions of Ugandans and other East Africans will start very soon.
"We are aiming to increase the level of pro-vitamin A to a minimum level of 20 micrograms per gram dry weight in order to significantly improve the health status of African banana consumers."
Looks like nobody had the idea to plant carrots as an alternative. Instead a GMO plant is released into the wild without thinking much about the effects, like mixing with non-GMO bananas. At least this one doesn't seem to belong to Monsanto.