Ja: Sad song of the banana man

Banana farmers have been told to be on the alert for a new disease called 'Moko' that has been found to be deadly to the fruit. Here Freddy Chambers, a backyard farmer, checks on the banana trees he grows at his home on Monroe Road, Liguanea, St. Andrew. His trees have not been affected. - Rudolph Brown/Staff Photographer

AGRICULTURE MINISTER Roger Clarke yesterday outlined several initiatives, aimed at containing the deadly Moko disease detected on five banana farms in St. James.
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The disease affects bananas and plantains, and already 20 acres of bananas are slated to be destroyed