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Uganda are considering use of GM bananas resistant to Xanthomonas wilt © Pascale Lepoint / Bioversity International

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including the Giant African land snails invading Cuba, the debate over GM bananas in Uganda and a new report from the World Food Programme on connecting farmers to markets.

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• Essential Costa Rica, a small global power
  Fresh Plaza, 24^th February 2015

• Horticulture: the future of Senegalese agriculture
  Fresh Plaza, 23^rd February 2015

• Destructive myrtle rust plant disease spreads in Tasmania
  ABC News – Pests, 23^rd February 2015

• Rwanda: Farmers Acquire Solar Grain Dryers
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 23^rd February 2015

• Giant African land snails invading Cuba
  Environmental News Network, 20^th February 2015

• Will Ugandan farmers get to plant GM banana?
  Fresh Plaza, 20^th February 2015

• Connecting Farmers to Markets: A New Report from World Food Programme
  IFPRI info, 20^th February 2015

• Effect of Residual Herbicides on Cover Crop Establishment
  Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, 20^th February 2015

• One Month Since Malawi’s Disaster Declaration
  World Food Programme – Malawi, 20^th February 2015

• Rwanda: ‘Cool’ Image to Get Youth Into Farming
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 20^th February 2015

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