{"id":95420,"date":"2013-06-17T13:35:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T17:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=95420"},"modified":"2013-06-17T17:18:50","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T21:18:50","slug":"financial-constraints-mar-black-sigatoka-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/agriculture\/financial-constraints-mar-black-sigatoka-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial constraints mar Black Sigatoka fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_95249\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95249\" style=\"width: 315px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95249\" alt=\"A banana leaf affected by Black Sigatoka\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/black-sigatoka.jpg\" width=\"315\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/black-sigatoka.jpg 373w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/black-sigatoka-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/black-sigatoka-150x89.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A banana leaf affected by Black Sigatoka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Coordinator of Black Sigatoka Disease Management Unit in Dominica, Carol Abraham, has said that the biggest challenge facing the island as it battles the deadly plant disease is financial constraints.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the opening ceremony of a week long Regional Workshop on Fungicides and Fungicide Resistance in Banana on Monday, Abraham pointed out that cuts made to the budgets presented to the unit by the Ministry of Agriculture are now posing a major challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike Grenada we face financial challenges,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Although we prepare a budget and present it to the Ministry, we are not necessarily going to get what we ask for and that poses a problem because the country is divided into seven regions and we have spray teams for each region &#8230; after doing the work the men expect to be paid and that\u2019s where there is a delay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to her, although the disease has been under control because of the dry season, the constant rain in recent months has caused it to flare up again.<\/p>\n<p>She said the unit was &#8220;lucky to get some chemicals from the Venezuelan government which we were able to use to help curb the disease&#8221; and &#8220;we were learning from other people\u2019s experiences and attempted to rotate the chemicals to avoid resistance from the fungus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Anselm, Head of Plant Protection and Quarantine Services, added that immediately after the disease was detected an Emergency Task Force and a Management Committee were put in place to to develop and implement strategies to ma,nage the disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the assistance of the Food and Agriculture Organisation we put together an integrated Pest Management that speaks to three principals but for us in Dominica we have implemented four,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We have added quarantine and containment which is very important in Dominica because we have a traditional transporting of bananas and plantain to the local market where the farmers would use the leafing material to transport the crops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Black Sigatoka is a leaf spot disease of banana plants caused by ascomycete fungus. Plants with leaves affected by the disease may have up to 50 percent lower yield of fruit.<\/p>\n<p>The disease was first detected in Dominica in July of 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coordinator of Black Sigatoka Disease Management Unit in Dominica, Carol Abraham, has said that the biggest challenge facing the island as it battles the deadly plant disease is financial constraints. 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