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In the wake of calls from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to banana-producing countries to step up monitoring, reporting and prevention of the Tropical Race 4 (TR4) disease of bananas, also known as, Fusarium wilt, Jamaica’s Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is moving ahead to monitor the situation and increase knowledge and awareness about the disease. The disease is currently not in Jamaica and in a bid to ensure that it is not introduced into the country, the Ministry is appealing to all Jamaicans to “Help us keep it out!”,...