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Sustainable water use helps Honduran crops to thrive despite the drought ©CIAT(CC BY-NC-SA)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including the risk of invasive pests spreading across Africa as a consequence of irrigation, research into genetic markers for disease resistance and salt tolerance of rice in Vietnam, and farmers in Honduras adopting sustainable methods to deal with increasing drought.

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• Mexico bans methyl bromide on banana farms
  Fresh Fruit Portal, 26^th August 2015
• Vietnamese farmers debate options in the face of a changing climate
  Bioversity International, 25^th August 2015
• Gambia: Nari Sensitises Farmers On Fruit-Fly Control Method
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 21^st August 2015
• Caribbean project to benefit small farmers
  Fresh Plaza, 19^th August 2015
• Brazilian Soybean Pest Management and Threats to Its Sustainability
  International Pest Control, 19^th August 2015
• Perspectives on Crop Protection in India
  International Pest Control, 19^th August 2015
• Sustainable Agriculture Helping Honduran Farmers
  Honduras News, 17^th August 2015
• TGAC leads development to diminish threat to Vietnam’s most important crop
  EurekAlert! – Agriculture, 17^th August 2015
• Ghana: Continued disease spread for mango farmers
  Fresh Plaza, 13^th August 2015
• Irrigation risks spreading invasive pests across Africa
  SciDev.Net, 13^th August 2015

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