By; Weswa Ronnie    Sironko district has officially been declared free from coffee leaf rust disease.   Coffee leaf rust disease a multicellular basidiomycete fungi of the order puncciniales that cause coffee leaf rust, the disease affects coffee plants .   People from the Bugisu Sub Region are well known for growing coffee as ...

Coffee farmers from Bulambuli and Sironko districts are counting their losses after being attacked by coffee leaf rust disease. The disease, caused by the rust fungus Hemileia vastatrix, can reduce coffee production by between 30% to 50%. The most affected sub-counties in Sironko include Buhugu, Masaba, Busulani, Bumasifwa, Bumalimba, and others. In Bulambuli, the hardest-hit ...