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Malawi growers begin to bounce back after banana blight Back in 2016, the devastating Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV) ruined the livelihoods of Malawi's 185,000 farming households, dependent on banana revenues. The disease spread across 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Malawi. According to Malawi's Ministry of Agriculture, the BBTD was detected just after the turn of the millennium in Nkhata Bay some 700km north of Maulidi's field. Believed to have been brought in by smugglers, the disease spread across the country leaving farmers destitute. Plants infected with BBTV at an early g...

Malawi farmers begin to bounce back after banana blight Issued on: 16/04/2021 - 19:50 Malawian banana farmer Masauko Maulidi inspects his crop. He was able to revamp his farm after being hit with Banana Bunchy Top virus. © RFI/Benson Kunchezera Text by: Benson Kunchezera in Malawi 5 min Masauko Maulidi looks out on his banana fields, content that he is finally back in action as a banana farmer after the shock of the devastating Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV) that devastated Malawi’s 18...