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Rwandans urged to embrace maize as disease threatens banana output
Maize could soon replace bananas as the staple food for millions of Rwandans, agronomists have said.
![A woman checks on a banana plant. The deadly banana disease that has spread to most parts of the country is threatening production. New Times/File. A woman checks on a banana plant. The deadly banana disease that has spread to most parts of the country is threatening production. New Times/File.](https://www.newtimes.co.rw/uploads/imported_images/files/main/articles/2014/01/29/1390950254s3.jpg)
A woman checks on a banana plant. The deadly banana disease that has spread to most parts of the country is threatening production. New Times/File.