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Low returns due to flood and drought are affecting rice growers © Steve Evans (CC BY licence)

Low returns due to flood and drought are affecting rice growers © Steve Evans (CC BY licence)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including farmers abandoning rice crops due to poor returns, crops in Bangladesh destroyed by a cyclone and trading conflict for coffee in Democratic Republic of Congo.

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