IITA planned a training workshop on “Banana bunchy top disease (BBTD) diagnosis, surveillance and emergency response” from 14th to 16th January 2019 at IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria. Purpose of the workshop is to offer hands-on training in application of on-field diagnostics for the detection of banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) using…
Farmers day was organized to generate awareness about the Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) disease in Amban City Hall, Cameroon on 20th November 2018, to inform “bunchy top” infected plants are not “suckers”, how to recognize disease infected plants and means of eradication. Event co-hosted by IITA and MINAGRI as…
Approximately 50 experts from 20 countries have gathered in Bujumbura, Burundi this week to coordinate an ambitious effort to contain the spread of Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD) in Africa and help farmers to recover from the devastation that disease has wrought. BBTD has spread rapidly across Southern Africa in recent decades,…