planting enset as a buffer crop for lean periods could help boost food security, according to dr. DR JAMES BORRELL, STUDY RESEARCHER AT KEW ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS.
“The enset has some really unusual characteristics that make it absolutely unique as a crop,” he explains.
“You can plant it at any time, you can harvest it at any time, and it’s perennial. That’s why we call it the tree against hunger”.
“We need to diversify the plants we use globally as a species, because all our eggs are in a very small basket at the moment.”
