In this second episode of our mini-series, Xavier Yvon continues to explain the dangers that threaten bananas with Béatrice Mathieu, Economics specialist at L’Express.
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The team: Xavier Yvon (presentation), Charlotte Baris (writing), Ambre Rosala (editing), Jules Benveniste (directing) and Marion Galard (work-study).
Music and dressing: Emmanuel Herschon / Studio Torrent
Picture credits: Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP
Logo: Anne-Laure Chapelain / Benjamin Chazal
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Xavier Yvon: I’m not going to repeat the trick of the everyday scene with cherries and parsnips, you’ve already heard it in the first episode of our mini-series. Episode that I will nevertheless summarize for you in two words: with Béatrice Mathieu, specialist in the Economy at L’Express, we traced the history of the banana, from its establishment in the West Indies, until the impressive drop in yields , through the war with its rival from America and the phytosanitary scandals.
Béatrice Mathieu is back in the studio today to tell us about her investigation into the most consumed fruit in the world. Hi Beatrice!
Beatrice Mathieu : Hi Xavier! For this episode, I suggest that you slip into the skin of a banana. Yesterday, we finished the episode in the West Indies, in a banana plantation. We have already started to mention some crises that producers were facing and which made their fruit much less competitive than what is called the dollar banana.
Xavier Yvon : You just had time to tell us about the price of this French banana, before I cut you off.
Beatrice Mathieu : Exactly. To continue to understand the price of this fruit, and why it’s a whole sector that is in danger, I suggest that we do the journey of a banana together, prepare the teleporter.
Xavier Yvon : Here it is, and before we leave I still announce to our listeners the title of this podcast: yellow banana fever.
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