Agriculture Reference
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20.4 THE 1990s EPIDEMIC IN UGANDA
20.4.1 Initial reports from Luwero district: 1988
In 1988 there were reports of crop failure in an important cassava-growing area of
northern Luwero district (now Nakasongola following recent boundary changes). An
estimated 2000 ha of cassava were severely affected, which was a substantial
proportion of the total area being grown in the locality. The damage was at first
attributed to the cassava green mite
(Mononychellus tanajoa)
. However, surveys of
the affected area and adjacent localities showed that it was due to an unusually
Figure 20.1. Sketch map of Uganda showing the administrative boundaries at the time of the
1990s epidemic and the names of the districts that feature in the text.
