Government has expressed concern over pockets of resistant by banana farmers in Thyolo to uproot fruit trees that were affected by Banana Banctops.

Assistant District Agriculture Development Officer Boniface Kautale told Mana Thursday in Thyolo that so far his office with assistance from community leaders managed to uproot 38, 138 hectares of banana.

“The exercise has delayed as people were reluctant to uproot till they saw the banana crop down.Thanks to Traditional leaders who took a leading role to sensitize the community to understand the importance of uprooting the crops so that they should be given a clean crop,” he said. Continue reading Community resistance threatens Banana restoration exercise in Thyolo →