Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including farmers in Bangladesh benefiting from early variety potatoes, water-saving technology introduced to rice farms in Vietnam and a model guava farm developed in India using traditional and modern methods.
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- Bangladesh: Early potato growers benefit
Fresh Plaza, 2nd December 2014
- Nigeria celebrates women farmers
Fresh Plaza, 1st December 2014
- Brazilian mangos in abundance
Fresh Plaza, 1st December 2014
- Ethiopia: Low Agricultural Productivity Systemic Rather Than Seasonal
AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 30th November 2014
- Africa: Climate Change and Knowledge From Peru’s Indigenous Roots
AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 28th November 2014
- Four devastating fruit flies pests are one and the same species
IPPC News, 28th November 2014
- India: Techies develop model guava farm
Fresh Plaza, 28th November 2014
- Growing with brackish water in the desert
Fresh Plaza, 27th November 2014
- Cane grubs not crazy ants blamed for sugar crop decline
ABC News – Pests, 28th November 2014
- Water-saving Technology for Rice Farms Introduced
Agricultural and Biofuel News – ENN, 10th November 2014
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