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Soil test kits help farmers to identify exactly what the soil needs © Chiot’s Run (CC BY-NC)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including the government in Nigeria introducing soil test kits to farmers, drought hitting bananas in Nicaragua and community managed irrigation schemes in Ethiopia to help ensure food security.

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• Nigeria: Govt to Introduce Soil Test Kits to Farmers
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 19^th April 2016
• Ethiopia: Small-Scale, Community Managed Irrigation Schemes to Ensure Food Security
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 19^th April 2016
• India: New crop pattern for drought-hit districts
  Fresh Plaza, 18^th April 2016
• Nicaragua: 70% of bananas lost to the drought
  Fresh Plaza, 15^th April 2016
• Plants force fungal partners to behave fairly
  EurekAlert – Agriculture, 14^th April 2016
• Nigeria: How Moneymaker Irrigation Pumps Can Help Smallholder Farmers
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 14^th April 2016
• Laser tech keeps wild birds clear of crops
  Fresh Fruit Portal, 13^th April 2016
• Indian scientists discover new eggplant disease
  Fresh Plaza, 12^th April 2016
• Philippines: Growers urged to bag mangoes
  Fresh Plaza, 12^th April 2016
• Scientists fight deadly banana fungus
  Agricultural and Biofuel News – ENN, 29^th February 2016

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