Cassava in Buruli county, Luwero District (Uganda)
1991
Senyonga, W.
Cassava is one of the major crops grown in Buruli county (Uganda). It is intercropped with crops like ground nuts, beans, cotton, maize and to some extent millet. Cuttings 30 cm-50 cm long are grown in rough seedbeds which are deeply ploughed in the first rains. A spacing of 1.5 m x 2.2 m is used for short and long term varieties. Regular weeding is done during the early stages of growth. Cassava has many uses, its roots are used; as food, in brewing, in making starch and medicine and its stems as firewood. Cassava mosaic virus is the major disease causing mottling of leaves and reduction in yields. Cassava mite and cassava scale cause no economic damage.
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