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The tiny parasitic wasp that saved an industry - cassava and Anagyrus lopezi
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12/4/2020 5:50:30 AM -

BBC https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201124-the-tiny-parasitic-wasp-that-saved-the-cassava-industry

Before chemical pesticides were invented, farmers relied upon local predators to control crop-devastating pests for millennia, but now the practice …
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Cassava Farmers In Eastern Uganda Participate In Planting Field Trials Of Disease Resistant Cassava
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9/12/2020 11:42:00 AM -

EABWNews (Uganda) https://www.busiweek.com/uganda-cassava-farmers-plant-disease-resistant-crops/

CASSAVA farmers in Serere District found in Eastern Uganda participated in planting field trials of disease-resistant cassava varieties at the National …

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Guest post: How climate change could accelerate the threat of crop diseases
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6/11/2020 6:37:34 AM -

Carbon Brief

https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-how-climate-change-could-accelerate-the-threat-of-crop-diseases

As the global population has increased, humankind has placed increased demands on the planet for land, food and water. Agricultural …

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mpact of Climate Change on Pests and Diseases of Cassava Crop
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5/23/2020 8:45:00 AM -

Food Tank https://foodtank.com/news/2020/05/impact-of-climate-change-on-pests-and-diseases-of-cassava-crop/

Recently a team from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), carried out a comprehensive literature review on major …

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Setting the stage for cassava disease monitoring: A baseline for Vietnam and Cambodia
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3/3/2019 7:08:51 AM -
Phy.Org
https://phys.org/news/2019-02-stage-cassava-disease-baseline-vietnam.html#jCp
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Southeast Asia is the source of 95 percent of global cassava exports, and the detection in 2015 in Cambodia of …
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How farmers can control cassava diseases
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3/3/2019 6:52:55 AM -

Daily Monitor https://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/farmers-control-cassava-diseases-/689860-4994670-ut5t5r/index.html

SUMMARY: To eliminate viruses, cassava germplasm from Nigeria, Tanzania, Brazil and Colombia have been crossed with …

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App to alert farmers to cassava diseases
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7/8/2018 10:51:12 AM -
SciDevNet http://www.scidev.net/global/farming/news/app-trained-to-spot-crop-disease-alert-farmers.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=SciDevNewsletter&utm_campaign=international%20SciDev.Net%20update%3A%2020%20November%202017

Speed read …

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Articles from CropBiotechUpdate (January 10, 2018)
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7/6/2018 8:49:18 AM -
CropBiotechUpdate

https://mail.google..com/mail/u/0/#drafts/160e0c512044c222 FSANZ Releases Approval Report for Food Derived from Provitamin A Rice Line GR2E

Food derived from Provitamin A rice line GR2E can be sold in Australiaand New Zealand. …
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Can nuclear technology zap hunger in Central African Republic?
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7/4/2018 1:53:07 PM -
Does not explain why the technology is needed; have other approaches to overcome cassava mosaic virus failed? Does anyone have any background that would help to understand this article more?
Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us- …
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Penn State-developed plant-disease app recognized by Google
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7/1/2018 7:36:07 AM -

PennState http://news.psu.edu/story/513236/2018/04/02/research/penn-state-developed-plant-disease-app-recognized-google

By Chuck Gill

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A mobile app designed by Penn State researchers to help farmers and others diagnose …

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