PlantwisePlus Blog

Coffee cherries in Thika, Kenya, photo by Rogiro

Contributed by Fiona Bunn

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including the development of a new App in Kenya to help farmers select climate-smart seeds to maximise production, the use of drones to boost banana grower’s productivity in Columbia and new findings about how greening disease wreaks havoc in the citrus industry.

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• Scientists reveal underpinnings of drought tolerance in plants
  EurekAlert-Agriculture 12 June 2015
• Tanzania: Light At End of Tunnel for Local Smallholder Farmers Off the Grid
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture 08 June 2015
• Ghana attains MDG targets
  Fresh Plaza 09 June 2015
• Israel exports 400 million flies to Europe
  Fresh Plaza 13 June 2015
• New findings about how ‘greening’ disease wreaks havoc
  Fresh Plaza 13 June 2015
• Nigeria: Rice Production Increases By 140 Percent
  AllAfrica News:Food and Agriculture 16 June 2015
• Africa: New App to Connect Kenyan Farmers With Climate-Smart Seeds
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture 10 June 2015
• Diseases Showing Up in Iowa Corn
  Iowa State University Extension and Outreach 16 June 2015
• Colombia: Drones used to boost banana growers’ productivity
  FreshFruit Portal 15 June 2015
• Vietnam: Farmers reap rewards from organic crops
  Fresh Plaza 16 June 2015

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