Zimbabwe country report on MLN surveys
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Country reports on on going MLN surveys/initiatives
Zimbabwe Report
SURVEILLANCE
• One SURVEILLANCE MISSION COURTESY OF CIMMYT - USAID SUBGRANTEE supported MLN survey and diagnostics project .
• The USAID funded project on ‘Controlling the spread and impact of MLN in Sub-Saharan Africa’ seeks to minimize risk of spread of Maize Chlorotic Mottle Virus (MCMV), a primary causal agent of MLN
GERMPLASM SCREENING
• CIMMYT IS SET UP A SCREENING FACILITY AT MAZOWE PQ STATION, OFFICIAL OPENED BY MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE
• EXPECTING TO HAVE HIGH LEVEL OF COLLABORATION TO DEVELOP RESISTANT CVs
• PVT SEED CO. INITIATIVES TO SUBMIT MAIZE SEED SAMPLES FOR SCREEING FOR MLN BY CIMMYT IN KENYA.
IMPORT OF GRAIN AND SEED
• NEW PHYTOSANITARY CONDITIONS FOR MAIZE SEED/GRAIN IMPORT WERE DEVELOPED
• MLN VIRUSES WERE INCLUDED ON THE ACTING LIST OF REGULATED PESTS
COUNTRY STATUS
• NEED CAPACITATION OF NPPO +
• EQUIPMENT: EXPECT CAPACITATION FROM C8MMYT MLN FACILITY FOR THE NPPO.
• KNOWHOW: PATNERSHIP WITH SISTER INSTITUTES TO MANAGE THE SERIOUS THREAT OF MLN.
INITIATIVES TO PREVENT THE DISEASES INTRODUCTION
• CONTINUED BORDER CHECKS
• SENSITIZATION OF INSPECTORS :AWARENESS
AND CHECKING FOR POTENTIAL THREATS OF INTRODUCTION OF MAIZE THROUGH CROSS
BORDER TRADE
(COLLECT SAMPLES AND TESTS).
SUMMARY OF MLND SURVEY CIMMYT USAID: MLN survey and diagnostics project M0267
Team Members: (Names &designations)
Name Designation in this project Area
Cames Mguni Survey Coordinator (Team 3) Harare, Mash East , Midlands
Godfery Chikwenhere Survey Coordinator (Team 2) Manicaland, Mash East, Masvingo
Nhamo Mudada Survey Coordinator (Team 1) Mash Central, West
Esther Mtisi Survey Assistant Manicaland, Mash East
Anna Alesho Survey Assistant Manicaland, Mash East
Judith Banana Survey Assistant Mashonaland Central, West
Douglas Muchafa Survey Assistant Harare, Mash East , Midlands
Edmore Mtetwa Survey Assistant Harare, Mash East , Midlands
Samantha Nyagura Survey Assistant Manicaland, Mash East
Fungayi Chinosengwa Survey Assistant Mashonaland Central, West
Clemence Tauya Survey Assistant Harare, Mash East , Midlands
T Mbizvo Survey Assistant Harare, Mash East , Midlands
Tapiwa Nhemachena Survey Assistant Mashonaland Central, West
Kennedy Mabhehla Survey Assistant Mash Central, West
Chipo Zishiri Survey Assistant Manicaland, Mash East, Masvingo
Mandaza Martin Clarence Survey Assistant Mash central
Sabina Mujati Survey Assistant Masvingo
Mukajami Joseph Survey Assistant Manicaland
Innocent Dzuke Survey Assistant Midlands
Gazimbi Kanisiyo Survey Assistant Mash East
Musona Joseph Survey Assistant Mash West
Rutendo Nhongonhema Survey Assistant Harare, Mash East , Midlands
Date submitted: 05 August 2016 Submitted by: NHAMO MUDADA; [email protected]; [email protected] Submitted to: Francis Mwatuni: [email protected]
BACKGROUND • Response to a call for a regionally harmonized MLN
surveillance program by CIMMYT for Eastern and Southern African Countries.
• CIMMYT together with NPPOZW implemented the USAID-supported Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN) Diagnostics and Management Project.
• The project seeks to minimize risk of spread of Maize Chlorotic Mottle Virus (MCMV), a primary causal agent of Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN).
BACKGROUND • Over 80% of maize in Zimbabweans is produced by
small holder farmers for subsistence and livelihood.
• Zimbabwe is a hub of commercial seed production in southern and eastern Africa and is currently one of the largest exporters of hybrid maize seed to markets in East Africa, Southern Africa and recently into West Africa.
• Any disruption to maize hybrid seed production in Zimbabwe is likely to have impacts on availability and price of seed regionally.
HOW IT WAS DONE (4-19 May 2016)
• 3 teams each team headed by a survey coordinator supported assistants
• Field visit were made to Mashonaland Central, Manicaland, Mashonaland East, Masvingo, Harare Metropolitan, Mashonaland West and Midlands provinces in the 2015/16 season.
• Data were collected using a structured questionnaire.
• Green maize tissues were tested for the presence of MCMV using Agstrips provided by CIMMYT. Protocol for diagnosis was by CIMMYT at MLN workshop in March 2016 in Harare.
• A concise map of Zimbabwe indicating the geo-referenced sampling sites and the results obtained from the tests was produced.
Plate 3: A surveyor assess maize crop for pests and symptoms of diseases and recording findings during MCM surveillance in May 2016 in Mutare,
Zimbabwe.
Field work
Outputs and Targets
Province
No. of farmers' fields for
MLN survey and
sampling
No. of seed production
fields of commercial
seed companies to be
surveyed for MLN survey
and sampling
No. of maize agri-seed
dealers to be surveyed
for collection of seed
samples for testing MLN
virus contamination if
any
Targets Achievement Targets Achievement Targets Achievement
Region 1 90 77 45 1 (maize
trial)
45 0
Region 2 90 67 45 1 45 0
Region 3 90 78 45 0 45 0
Total 270 222 135 2 135 0
Research findings/results
Revised work plan for the MCMV surveillances project in Zimbabwe in 2017.
Specific Zone / Region / County / Provinces to be covered for MLN Surveys and Sampling
Province District Proposed No. of
farmers' fields for
MLN survey and
sampling
Proposed No. of seed
production fields of
commercial seed
companies to be
surveyed for MLN
survey and sampling
Proposed No. of maize
agriseed dealers to be
surveyed for collection
of seed samples for
testing MLN virus
contamination, if any
Proposed
Date/Period of
survey and sample
collection
REGION 1 Team
A (mash central
+ part of west)
guruve, centenary, mazowe,
bindura, shamva, mt darwin,
muzarabani, glendale, mvurwi,
karoi, mhangura, chinhoyi, banket,
lions den, doma
01 October to 31
March 2017
15 areas X 3 sampled
seed production
fields:
01 October 2016
15 areas X 3 sampled
seed from seed sellers:
01 October to 31
March 2017
01 October to 31
March 2017
REGION 2 Team
B (midlands +
part of west +
part of east )
Harare, mhondoro, shurugwi,
gokwe north, gokwe south, mvuma,
kwekwe,beatrice, chivhu, chegutu,
gweru, kadoma, sanyati.
01 October to 31
March 2017
15 areas X 3 sampled
seed production
fields: 01 October
2016
15 areas X 3 sampled
seed from seed sellers:
01 October to 31
March 2017
01 October to 31
March 2017
REGION 3
Team C. (Mash
east,
Manicaland,
Masvingo)
chiredzi, zaka, bikita, gutu,
mrehwa, mutoko, macheke,
marondera, goromonzi, arcturus,
nyanga, mutare, rusape, chipinge,
chimanimani,
01 October to 31
March 2017
15 areas X 3 sampled
seed production
fields: 01 October
2016
15 areas X 3 sampled
seed from seed sellers:
01 December to 31
March 2017
01 October to 31
March 2017
Remarks • Phytosanitary measures instituted by trading partners need to be
complied with for trade to continue.
• The prevention of the spread of the MLN pathogens from MLN-endemic to non-endemic areas support the commercial seed sector to produce MCMV-free commercial seed, and promote the use of clean seed by the farmers.
• Continued surveillance for Early warning purposes, rapid response and rapid alert in 2016 is expected.
• The survey results are important primary pest management and control data in maize production and productivity.