Dar es Salaam, March 30 -- DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA Plants Health and Pesticides Authority (TPHPA) has said that maize grain seeds from Tanzania do not pose a risk of transmitting viruses causing Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease (MLND).

This was said yesterday in a report given by the Director General of TPHPA, Professor Joseph Ndunguru, noting that a survey conducted in different zones in Tanzania have shown that there is no sign of the virus causing MLND.

“A comprehensive survey of MLND was conducted in the Lake Zone (Mwanza, Kagera, Shinyanga, Mara), Northern Zone (Kilimanjaro, Manyara, Arusha) Southern Highlands Zone (Ruvuma, Njombe, Iringa, Rukwa and Katavi), Central zone (Dodoma and Singida), Western Zone (Tabora) and the Easter...