Clean cassava seed systems in Burundi, DR Congo, and Rwanda
- October 16, 2020
Burundi, DR Congo (DRC), and Rwanda form part of the Great Lakes region and have known disrupted food production systems, partly caused by recent civil strife. Cassava is a popular crop in the region but on-farm productivity is low (at about 8 t/ha) due to several factors, including (i) predominant use of local varieties that are low yielding and susceptible to pests and diseases; (ii) disease outbreaks, especially viral diseases (cassava mosaic disease, CMD; cassava brown streak disease, CBSD) and pathogen disease (cassava root necrosis disease, CRND); and (iii) reliance on informal seed systems. Indeed,...
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