BBTD

Banana Bunchy Top Disease in Rwanda: Identifying Disease Presence and Potential Areas at Risk

Recent sporadic of Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD) by the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) merited a comprehensive field survey across the country. Combining the Rwandan survey with BBTD surveys in neighboring countries a BBTD probability model was developed for Rwanda, taking into account environmental, land-use/land-cover and socio-economic variables, from which a country-wide vulnerability map was compiled.