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Kenya: Alarm growing as cassava blight spreads to West Africa

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Source: Reuters - AlertNet
Country: Angola, Central African Republic, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Thu, 16 May 2013 10:15 AM

By Isaiah Esipisu

NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The future of cassava, one of the most climate-resilient crops in Africa, may be under threat because rising temperatures have led to a dramatic increase in the number of whiteflies, tiny insects that spread the deadly cassava brown streak virus.

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