The Effect of Banana Bacteria Wilt on the Socio-Economic Welfare of Farmers in Ruhinda Sub-County Rukungiri District
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2021
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Kabale University
Abstract
The study looked at the impact of banana bacteria wilt on the socioeconomic well-being of banana
farmers. Farmers in Ruhinda sub-county, Rukungiri district. The objectives of the study were to
identify the importance of banana production and assess the impact of banana bacteria wilt on to
investigate potential control measures. Rukungiri district, Ruhinda sub-county The researcher
employed a descriptive research design and data was collected using interview, observation, and
questionnaire methods. The study results on the importance of banana production in Ruhinda
sub-county, Rukungiri district indicated that the highest number of the respondents food security,
while the least number of the respondents mentioned sources of mulch for maintaining and
improving soil fertility. The study went ahead on the impact of the banana bacteria wilt the
socio-economic welfare of the farmers in Ruhinda sub-county. The source of mulch was mentioned
by the greatest number of respondents for maintaining and improving soil fertility, the lowest number
of respondents mentioned that the disease has led to the study continued on possible measures to
control the increase in poverty among households, and the study in banana bacteria wilt in Ruhinda
sub-county, Rukungiri district, the highest number of respondents mentioned heating garden tools
such as hoes, machetes, knives, and slashers over Keeping a fire until the metal is too hot to touch is
also effective in killing the bacteria, the lowest a number of respondents talked about how timely
removal of male buds with a forked stick is important. Where insect vectors that visit the diseased
flower parts carry the pathogen. The study recommended that there should be quarantine
enforcement by the government agencies to prevent spread of banana bacteria wilt to non-infected
areas, there should be policies on the use of clean planting materials, as well as regular
inspection/screening for approved bananas nurseries to dispense banana bacteria wilt disease-free
materials, and there should be for example, banana tissue culture, training, and encouragement to
obtain clean banana nursery producers/tissue culture hardening nurseries, click here. planting
materials.
Description
A Research Report Submitted to the Faculty of Education in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of a Bachelor Degree of Arts with Education of Kabale University
Keywords
Banana Bacteria Wilt , Socio-Economic, Welfare of Farmers