date:Jun 16, 2017
Agricultural Research Council and the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs (DARDLEA) of Mpumalanga to educate farmer associations, representing mostly subsistence farmers, on the presence of the Oriental fruit fly and the means of combating it, of which the most important is orchard sanitation through the disposal of infested fruit.
Dr Tertia Grov of the ARC, who led the programme, says: Farmers were also encouraged to harvest mango fruit at a mature gree