Uganda, April 7 -- Banana is economically very significant crop in Uganda, yet productivity on smallholder farms is low and has even declined further in recent years due to several factors

The major factors are climate-change induced water stress, pests and diseases and low soil fertility.

To ensure banana market demands can be met and to ensure sustainability of food security for millions of farmers, it is crucial to enhance the resilience of banana cropping systems to future environmental conditions.

As such scientists from the National Agriculture Research Laboratories (NaRL), Makerere University and Uganda Banana Producers Cooperative Union have teamed up to develop solutions that integrate natural principles into management t...