Cassava farmers in Nkhata Bay District are counting losses following an outbreak of cassava brown streak virus which has affected cassava fields, threatening to leave many households at risk of food insecurity. Nkhata Bay district agriculture office says about 381 hectares of cassava have so far been destroyed by the disease, which continues to spread despite farmers’ efforts to contain it. One of the affected farmers, Emily Longwe, from Lwazi V…
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