Other Plant Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
The disease known as Black Sigatoka affected 3000 hectares of plantain plantations, causing the loss of 1000 tonnes, which entails huge financial losses, according to a plantain producer from Ejido [area of communal land used for agriculture] San Bartolo [in the municipality of San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec, Oaxaca].
He pointed out that federal and state governments are not giving support to the sector, especially in this area, which is one of the world’s largest plantain
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