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- Kew Gardens induced enset to flower in its Temperate House in April 2023.
- Kew and Addis Ababa University now pay farmers to grow endangered enset varieties.
- UK conservation biologist James Borrell predicts enset could feed 111.5 million more people across sub-Saharan Africa.
- A 2025 survey found 60% of 400 Ethiopian farmers reduced enset acreage and consumption.
- Enset yields enough for a family of five with 60 plants per year.
