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Phys.Org by Loko Yêyinou Laura Estelle, The Conversation The link between climate change and the spread of crop pests has been established by research and evidence.

Farmers are noticing the link themselves, alongside higher …

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AfricanBusiness https://african.business/2022/03/agribusiness-manufacturing/how-global-collaboration-can-prevent-plant-disease-pandemics-in-africa/

Looking out across a crop nursery filled with diseased plants, you’d be forgiven for thinking there is …

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University of Leeds https://www.leeds.ac.uk/news-environment/news/article/4892/an-app-to-help-african-farmers-defeat-crop-pests

A mobile phone app – launched today by an international team of scientists – will support farmers across Africa to adopt …

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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