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Assessment of farmers knowledge and preferences for planting materials to fill-gaps in banana plantations in southwestern Uganda
Abstract
Banana (Musa spp.) plantations in central Uganda used to be productive for 30-100 years. Due to prevalence of the banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus L.), life spans have fallen to only <5 years. This forces farmers to establish new plantations or replant existing ones, usually using infested materials. To determine farmers knowledge and sources of planting materials and the cleaning
