date:Oct 29, 2013
great potential in efforts to boost the region's food security and poverty reduction efforts.
Most of the cooking bananas grown by smallholder farmers are old varieties that are low yielding and very susceptible to diseases. With these new hybrids, we expect the production to increase significantly and have a positive impact on food security and income in the region, he says.
East Africa Highland banana is an important food and income crop in Uganda, the number one producer of banana in the wo