Extreme weather caused by global warming is expected to increasingly challenge the yields of conventional crops like corn, wheat, and soy. Small-scale farmers who lack the resources to adapt to climate change will be particularly hard hit. Scientists believe that the only way to combat this is by introducing new, hardier crops to what they're currently growing. That's where Ethiopia's enset, or "false banana," plant comes in.
Scientists in a new study revealed that the crop from the plant enset (ensete ventricosumsay), a staple in Africa’s Ethiopia, could be a new superfood with the potential to feed over 100 million people saving their lives amid the global warming induced climate change, reports BBC.