Most bananas we consume in Canada are from Latin and South America. It spreads through human activity, on clothing and footwear, and can remain dormant in soil for decades. Banana plants are asexual, which means the disease can spread more quickly through genetics. Even though this deadly fungus poses no threat to humans, the situation could be devastating for the crop, and for the thousands of farmers who rely on bananas for survival.įusarium TR4 typically spreads at the rate of about 100 kilometers a year. However, Columbia discovered its first case early August, and some suggest Ecuador could be next.
After having been detected in the Middle East, Asia, and Australia, many experts were expecting the highly contagious fungus to reach the Americas within the next five years. It will affect crops sold to the US and Canada. Over the summer, reports suggested that a banana-killing fungus, Fusarium TR4, also known as the Panama disease, reached Latin America for the first time and could spread further. We’re on the cusp of massive economic and social disruption that has wide-reaching implications for us all.The world could run out of bananas. Over the next 10 years, we are likely to see change on a scale not witnessed since the Industrial Revolution. How to spot the signposts of change in business travel The big issue on everyone’s lips and how it will change the way we work and travel: Artificial Intelligence.The challenges that hotels and airlines face today.Whether travel and event pricing predictions for 2023 are proving accurate halfway through the year.But is there nuance and cause for optimism?ĬWT's Julian Walker talks to Shawn DuBravac, NY Times bestselling author, futurist, economist and analyst for the GBTA CWT Global Business Travel Forecast about the near-term cost of airfares and hotel rates, and how companies and organizations of all sizes can prepare their budgets, and people, for the societal and technological shifts ahead. It’s hard to read an article these days that doesn’t warn us that bots will wipe out entire industries or that the global economy is about to implode. If there’s one job harder than being a clairvoyant at a sceptic’s convention it’s being a futurist in these mightily uncertain times.
The outlook for hotel rates and airfares in the months ahead, and how to use AI so it doesn’t use you
0 kommentar(er)
