Kenya: US $4 Million Project Underway to Control Lethal Maize Disease
A new project has been launched to control the spread of a lethal viral disease which affects maize yields and threatens food security in many Sub-Saharan Africa countries.
The project for tackling maize lethal necrosis (MLN), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), was launched at a workshop in Kenya last month (10 November). The US$4 million project’s primary operations will be carried out in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda where the disease is prevalent, according to Candace Buzzard, a director of agriculture for USAID, West Africa.
Jimmy Smith