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Banana disease threatening food security in Kasese

"It's a big challenge and it has brought about food insecurity, especially to our people who depend on food crops from their own gardens," Rukara said.

Anatosi Bwambale one of the affected farmers narrating how the disease gradually perished his plantation and forced him to resort to cocoa planting. Photo by Samuel Amanyire
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

The Banana Bunchy Top Diseases (BBTD) has been blamed for the death of plantations in Kasese district.

The disease is, therefore, emerging as the biggest

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Banana disease
Banana Bunchy Top Diseases
BBTD
Kasese district
Food security