ICOSEED Managing Director Patrick Muriuki (right) and programme manager Alexander Gichovi display some of the products they manufacture from banana stems fibre at their office in Kutus town. BY JOSEPH ...

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MUKONO – A decapitated banana plant is almost useless, an inconvenience to the farmer who must then uproot it and lay its dismembered parts as mulch. But can such stems somehow be returned to life?

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MUKONO, Uganda (AP) — A decapitated banana ...