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Mystery disease affecting banana plantations in Johor
By FARIK ZOLKEPLI

JOHOR BARU: Many banana farmers in the state are making losses after their
plantations were struck by a mysterious disease.

Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Committee chairman Abdul Aziz
Kaprawi said the disease had destroyed the banana trees and source of income for
1,463 farmers since last year.

“The state agriculture department has done extensive researches on the
disease,’’ he said.
“The department personnel have also explained to the
farmers on ways to curb the disease by using good farming practices,” he said at
the Johor state assembly here Wednesday.

He told Datuk Md Othman Yusof (BN-Kukup) that the department had also
encouraged farmers to practise “planting cycles’’ by alternatively planting
other crops such as bamboo and tapioca at their banana plantation which
accounted for about 2,315ha of land.

“The department is assisting the farmers to utilise the cycle by
supplying them with RM300 worth of fertilizer for each hectare of land.

“More than 11,000 bags of fertilisers have been supplied to the farmers
affected by the disease,” he said.