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    www.iita.org

    Uganda is Africas largest producer of banana and a strongcorrelation exists between banana production, income generation,and food security

    Three banana disease pose a serious threat to food security andthe livelihoods of millions of farmers in East Africa:

    o Panama Disease (also known as Fusarium Wilt)

    o Banana Bacterial Wilt (BBW or BXW)

    o Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD)

    Economic evaluations of the impact of banana bacteria wilt

    (BBW) reported annual losses of between $70 to $200 million USDfor Uganda alone

    Banana Disease & Livelihoods in Uganda

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    Plant diseases and pests the biggest constraint

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    Plant disease / pest Problem

    Lack of training / extension

    Poor soil

    Climate

    Poor yields

    Price planting materials

    Lack of selling opportunities

    Cost transportation to market

    Perception of threats to banana production

    Bushenyi (N=853) Mbale (N=978)

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    www.iita.orgSource: Google - Predict and Prevent

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    When:

    GF:

    Brings network of village-levelintermediaries (CKWs) + mobiletechnologies (GPS units andhandsets with the capacity togather real-time data) anddisseminate results andrecommendations in rural areas.

    IITA:

    Brings expert advice on bananadisease identification, prevention,and control to farmers, gives

    trainings and does GIS analysisthat illustrates how diseasecharacteristics and farmerbehaviors, attitudes, andknowledge interact.

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    Where did we work?

    UgandaMbale District

    Bushenyi District

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    1442 surveys in 2 months in Bushenyi district

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    1549 surveys in 2 months in Mbale district

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    Samples taken by the 19 CKWs in Bushenyi

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    BXW in Mbale district

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    BBTV in Bushenyi district

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    Follow up of suspected results

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    Wealth of socio-economic data

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    Banana Bacterial wilt

    Fusarium wilt

    Bunchy Top virus

    Farmer knowledge on banana diseases

    Bushenyi Mbale

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    Achievements:

    Wealth of validated and geo-referenceddata (2991 surveys)

    38 CKWs comprehensively trained

    Awareness of +3000 farmers increasedthrough CKW training via manual

    Adoption of new technology anddemonstrated its effectiveness

    Proposal to scale out this pilot to a greaterarea and incorporate coffee and cassava