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Kenya on track to commercialize GM maize by 2022 to increase yields, cut pesticide use
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6/16/2021 10:41:00 AM -

The Cornell Alliance for Science has as its primary source of support a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Cornell  https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/2021/06/kenya-on-track-to-commercialize-gm-maize-by-2022-to- …

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Climate change is roiling the African continent. With cutting-edge biotech solutions largely blocked, governments rely on tweaks of more traditional technologies to boost output
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5/17/2021 9:03:27 AM -

GeneticLiteracyProject https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2021/05/11/climate-change-is-roiling-the-african-continent-with-cutting-edge-biotech-solutions-largely-blocked-governments-rely-on-more-traditional-technologies-to-boost-output/

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Fall armyworm ‘worsens hunger among smallholders’
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4/11/2021 4:36:09 PM -

SciDevNet https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/news/fall-armyworm-worsens-hunger-among-smallholders/

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  • Fall armyworm destroys maize worth almost US$5 billion annually in 12 African countries
  • In a Zimbabwe study, the pest increased …
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East Africa gets ready for return of destructive locust swarms
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1/7/2021 6:43:34 AM -

FreshPlaza https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9281590/east-africa-gets-ready-for-return-of-destructive-locust-swarms/?edition=5

In 2020, East Africa was struck by the worst locust plague in decades. Unfortunately, now, the swarms are returning.

The …

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Combating fall armyworm attack amid confluence of challenges in Africa
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4/15/2020 2:37:32 PM -

DownToEarth https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/africa/combating-fall-armyworm-attack-amid-confluence-of-challenges-in-africa-70405

The fall armyworm menace cost African farmers 40 per cent of their harvest in 2018. Amid COVID-19 spread, …

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Africa should ban neonicotinoid insecticides, too
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2/9/2020 11:57:56 AM -

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2020-02-africa-neonicotinoid-insecticides.html

by Peter McGrath, Michael Norton, and Nina Hobbhahn, The Conversation

First marketed in the late 1990s, neonicotinoid insecticides have become the world's most widely …

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Nigeria, other African countries lose $200b to plant pests, diseases yearly
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12/16/2019 3:14:19 PM -

The Guardian https://guardian.ng/features/agro-care/nigeria-other-african-countries-lose-200b-to-plant-pests-diseases-yearly/

• 40% Of Crops Lost To Plant Pests, Diseases Yearly—FAO • Contributes To Economic Losses In Sub-Saharan Africa—IITA • UN …

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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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Fall Armyworm Is Here to Stay. But We Can Manage
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8/18/2018 6:01:23 PM -

The Invasives Blog https://blog.invasive-species.org/2018/07/27/fall-armyworm-is-here-to-stay-but-we-can-manage/

By Donna Hutchinson

By Roger Day. Reblogged from Fall Armyworm Tech Prize

In 1996 in response to the first international meeting …

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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

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