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Dr Bebber, from the University of Exeter, said: ‘We’re very concerned about the impact of diseases like Fusarium Wilt on bananas, but the impacts of climate change have been largely ignored.

‘There will be winners and losers in coming years, and our study may stimulate vulnerable countries to prepare through investment in technologies like irrigation.’

Grown throughout the tropics and subtropics, bananas are a key crop for millions of people across the world.

In Britain for example, more than five billion bananas are purchased each year and the UK accounts for 7% of the global export market.

The study, Climate change impacts on banana yields around the world, is published in the journal Nature Climate Change.