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While Chile’s South region has plenty of water, the North suffers from water scarcity © AgriLife Today (CC BY-NC-ND)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including how  how irrigation is unlocking the ag potential in Chile’s driest region, how climate change is affecting food supply in Ghana and an assessment of the first billion acres of biotech crops.

Click on the link to read more of the latest plant health news!

• Irrigation project looks to untap ag potential in Chile’s driest regions
  Fresh Fruit Portal, 19th June 2013
• Rice blast research reveals details on how a fungus invades plants
  EurekAlert! – Agriculture, 18th June 2013
• Pesticides Spark Broad Biodiversity Loss
  Scientific American, 18th June 2013
• Gambia: Enhancing Food Security
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 18th June 2013
• New in-furrow fungicide for rhizoctonia control
  FWi – Arable News, 17th June 2013
• Nigeria: Knotty Cassava Tubers Can Change a Nation
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 13th June 2013
• Kenya: Weeds Cost Maize Farmers
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 11th June 2013
• Biotech crops vs. pests: Successes and failures from the first billion acres
  EurekAlert! – Agriculture, 10th June 2013
• Climate change impacting food supply in Ghana – The Times of India
  The Times of India, 9th June 2013
• Tuber Crops Research Centre develops bio-pesticide [India]
  Zee News, 8th June 2013

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