Plantwise Blog

Banana and coffee farmer in Kibungo, Rwanda © Graham Holliday (CC-BY-NC licence)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including the use of bananas to improve the production off coffee, rain in Zimbabwe intensifying the armyworm outbreak and the potential cost of banning neonicotinoids in the UK.

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• India: Banana growers to get compensation for 2012 storm
  FreshPlaza.com, 3rd January 2013
• Corn could help farmers fight devastating weed
  Crops Science Society of America News Releases, 7th January 2013
• Kenya: Helping Small Farmers With Seasonal Forecasts
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 7th January 2013
• Bananas hold potential for better coffee production
  Fresh Fruit Portal, 10th January 2013
• Peru reports almost 300% growth in mango exports
  Fresh Fruit Portal, 10th January 2013
• Drought Tolerant Maize Introduced in Ghana
  Crop Biotech Update, 11th January 2013
• Zimbabwe: Rains Set to Intensify Armyworm Outbreak
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 11th January 2013
• Neonicotinoid ban could cost farmers ‘millions’
  FWi – Arable News, 14th January 2013
• Wheat bulb fly may still be a threat in backward crops
  FWi – Arable News, 15th January 2013
• AU: Genome of moth pest decoded
  FreshPlaza.com, 16th January 2013

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