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Symptoms of cassava witches’ broom include a proliferation of leaves at the top of the stem © CIAT (CC BY-NC-SA)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including small-scale women farmers delivering pioneering efforts in food security in Tanzania, Witches’ Broom Disease affecting cassava in Cambodia and an initiative in Africa which is strengthening food systems while raising awareness of Ebola.

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• Tanzania: Small-Scale Women Farmers Pioneers of Food Security

  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 17^th December 2014

• African initiative to strengthen food systems while combating Ebola

  Fresh Plaza, 16^th December 2014

• Companies explore sustainable agriculture model

  Fresh Plaza, 16^th December 2014

• India: Rain and hail cause havoc in grape producing area

  Fresh Plaza, 15^th December 2014

• Micro-Irrigation, GIS, Nano Tech may reduce Agri stress

  EIN Agriculture, 13^th December 2014

• Ethiopia: Farmer Finds Smart Way to Get Through Droughts

  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 12^th December 2014

• Rwanda: Potato farmers, traders to form cooperation

  Fresh Plaza, 10^th December 2014

• AgriLife Extension entomologists brace for possible new ag pest

  EIN Agriculture, 9th December 2014

• Gambia: FAO – Gambia, Others Meet MDG Target On Hunger

  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 9^th December 2014

• Cambodia: Cassava Threatened by Witches’ Broom Disease 

  The Cambodia Daily, 5^th December 2014

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