What experts say about the banana bacterial wilt
Once this disease takes root in the Congo we will have a major problem because the infrastructure for management is really rudimentary in this country and it may be very difficult for us to handle this situation.
Once this disease takes root in the Congo we will have a major problem because the infrastructure for management is really rudimentary in this country and it may be very difficult for us to handle this situation.
Eldad Karamura, regional coordinator for East and Southern Africa, International Network for Improvement of Banana and Plantain
It is in the four districts of Kagera region but for the other parts of Tanzania, we have not done the complete survey: it might be there but it is not reported. But Kagera supplies bananas to some other areas including Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the DRC.
Mgenzi Byabachwezi, research officer, Agricultural Research and Development Institute-Maruka, Bukoba, Tanzania
We have established that the disease lasts in the soil for less than three months so that if you destroyed this diseased garden, within 3-6 months the disease should disappear and you can get back to planting bananas.
Wilberforce Tushemereirwe, NARO, Uganda
Eldad Karamura, regional coordinator for East and Southern Africa, International Network for Improvement of Banana and Plantain
It is in the four districts of Kagera region but for the other parts of Tanzania, we have not done the complete survey: it might be there but it is not reported. But Kagera supplies bananas to some other areas including Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the DRC.
Mgenzi Byabachwezi, research officer, Agricultural Research and Development Institute-Maruka, Bukoba, Tanzania
We have established that the disease lasts in the soil for less than three months so that if you destroyed this diseased garden, within 3-6 months the disease should disappear and you can get back to planting bananas.
Wilberforce Tushemereirwe, NARO, Uganda