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Low returns due to flood and drought are affecting rice growers © Steve Evans (CC BY licence)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including farmers abandoning rice crops due to poor returns, crops in Bangladesh destroyed by a cyclone and trading conflict for coffee in Democratic Republic of Congo.

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• Genomics Reveals Great Famine Culprit
  Scientific American, 21st May 2013
• Soybean Cyst Nematode
  NAPIS Pest Tracker News, 21st May 2013
• Egypt: Food Security and Nutritional Status Worsening Amidst Economic Challenges
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 21st May 2013
• Pesticide Makers Seek Answers as Bee Losses Sting Agriculture
  Scientific American, 20th May 2013
• Cyclone destroys homes and crops in Bangladesh
  Thomson Reuters Foundation, 20th May 2013
• Boost for macadamia farmers
  Popular Standard Digital News Feeds, 13th May 2013
• Farmers abandon rice growing due to poor returns
  BusinessDailyHome, 13th May 2013
• Should Ghana go for GM crops to feed 25 million people?
  Ghana Business News, 13th May 2013
• 400 PPM: Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere Reaches Prehistoric Levels
  Scientific American, 9th May 2013
• Congo-Kinshasa: Trading Conflict for Coffee in DRC
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 8th May 2013

See more plant health news on the Plantwise Knowledge Bank.

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