In November 2015 we received a German TV crew at WUR who also visited our partners in Indonesia and the Philippines. On 5 January 2016 the TV program Quarks & Co of WDR1, a national TV channel in Germany, devoted a full broadcast to bananas. The threat of fungal diseases was beautifully covered. We expect that millions of German viewers now know much more about the importance of banana for food supply, income of people and societies around the globe, and about the plant diseases that threaten bananas worldwide.
Katharina Nickoleit, who was in the TV crew, also made a radio-item about the issue.
– The full Quarks & Co can be viewed at: http://www1.wdr.de/fernsehen/wissen/quarks/sendungen/uebersicht-banane-100.html
– The part made at the Philippines: http://www1.wdr.de/fernsehen/wissen/quarks/sendungen/banane-pilz-100.html
– Footage made in Indonesia: http://www1.wdr.de/fernsehen/wissen/quarks/sendungen/uebersicht-banane-100.html