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Kawanda stuck with GMO banana as Bill is shelved

The bacterial wilt disease, for instance, has ravaged bananas across the country for more than two decades, with a capacity to cause 100% loss on a plantation. 

Kawanda National Crops Resources Research Institute’s first Genetically Modified banana plant garden for research purposes not approved for food or fed to resist black sigatoka.
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalist @NewVision

AGRIBUSINESS | GMO | BANANA BILL 

BUIKWE - Sweat streams down Samuel Ssentongo’s forehead as he mulches his banana plantation on a sunny Saturday afternoon. 

It is

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Agriculture
Farming
Banana bacterial wilt
Samuel Ssentongo
Banana Bill
Genetically Modified Organisms
CABI
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