EXTENSION COLLABORATIVE PROJECT

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                    [Title] => R&D project on to help save collapsing banana industry
                    [Summary] => Many may not know or realize it, but the smallholder subsector of the country’s banana industry is in near collapse.


For some time now, diseases such as banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), Fusarium wilt, and "Sigatoka" have been devastating banana stands of small-scale farmers.


For instance, as reported by PCARRD, the spread of these diseases in the Ilocos Region has reached an "epidemic" proportion.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-06-27 00:00:00
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R&D project on to help save collapsing banana industry

June 27, 2004 - 12:00am

Many may not know or realize it, but the smallholder subsector of the country’s banana industry is in near collapse. For some time now, diseases such as banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), Fusarium wilt, and "Sigatoka"...

Agriculture