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Cassava cutting shortage threatens planting in southern Burundi

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Farmers in Burundi’s Imbo, Kumoso and Buragane regions report a shortage of seeds, particularly cassava cuttings, as the first rains have fallen. In Rumonge, a bundle costs 10,000 Burundian francs and farmers fear mosaic disease and lower production after the drought, Iwacu reports.

A shortage of cassava cuttings in the Imbo, Kumoso and Buragane regions is threatening planting as the first rains have fallen, Iwacu reports. Farmers say they have to buy the cuttings at high prices and fear that some may be contaminated with cassava mosaic disease.

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