Question

Will the banana plague reach Latin America?

Resolved :No68%

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Total Forecasters116

Community Prediction68% (53% - 80%)

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50%

community: 68%

Did this actually happen?No

Community Baseline Score

-104.6

Community Peer Score

22.6

Authors:

sophia.magnone

Opened:

Jul 22, 2016

Closes:

Jun 15, 2017

Resolves:

Dec 31, 2018

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