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Coffee is one of the crops that is vulnerable to the effects of climate change © Neil Palmer (CIAT)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including the use of maize to protect Colombian coffee from the effects of climate change, floods affecting rice in Kabuye, Rwanda and the role of urban farms in the fight for food security in Kenya.

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• Heat treatment limits head rot
  Fresh Plaza, 1^st June 2015
• Maize Protects Colombian Coffee from Climate Change
  CIMMYT’s Blog, 1^st June 2015
• Canada: Apple growers on alert for fire blight
  Fresh Plaza, 29^th May 2015
• US (CA): Avocado farmers adapting to drought
  Fresh Plaza, 26^th May 2015
• Heat wave affects bananas in Jordan Valley
  Fresh Plaza, 25^th May 2015
• Mexico: The screwworm affects the avocado in Puebla
  Fresh Plaza, 25^th May 2015
• Rwanda: Floods Wreck Rice Plantations in Kabuye
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 24^th May 2015
• Guam: Typhoon destroys banana crops
  Fresh Plaza, 21^st May 2015
• Kenya: Fighting food insecurity with urban farms, sack gardens
  Frost Illustrated, 19^th May 2015
• Uganda: Farmers stuck with ‘diseased’ vegetables
  New Vision, 18^th May 2015

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