That's one way to interpret the response to the long history of botanical colonialism, including at Kew Gardens where Borrell works, which brought immense profits and power to the British Empire.

That's the unmentioned context behind:

> “There’s lots of examples in history of crops arriving in new places and being dominant,” explained Borrell. “So there’s absolutely no reason why it (enset) couldn’t be important somewhere else.”

One example is breadfruit, which the British brought from Polynesia to the Caribbean as a cheap food source for their slaves.

Since you didn't read, other factors are 'enset is currently “backbreaking” to harvest', ', 'Cultivation also involves an elaborate methodology', 'turning enset into food requires specialist knowledge', and 'The plant is also something of an acquired taste'.