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For years, Augusti Ntivuguruzwa struggled to perfect his banana wine in Rwanda. As for many traditional wine-makers in the ...

Neither the yeast used in baking, nor that used in winemaking is the right fit for banana wine, says Emmanuel Nsabimana, a food chemist at Urwibutso Enterprise, a food and drinks company.

Fungal diseases, including the dreaded Fusarium wilt, wiped out half of banana plantations tilled by smallholder farmers in the Philippines, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA).

“Before now, we did not have any yeast specifically made for banana wine and it has been difficult for regulators to approve of the banana wine we produce,” says Ntivuguruzwa. “Passing regulators with ...

Fungal infections, such as athlete’s foot and ringworm, occur when one type of fungal microbe becomes too prevalent in one area of the body so that the immune system cannot defeat it.