Cassava in south-east Asia under threat from witches' broom disease
by Sam Jones from on (#1AJVN)
Climate change menacing yet another food crop by fuelling explosion in pests and diseases that are attacking cassava plants
Climate change and globalisation are fuelling an explosion in the pests and diseases that afflict south-east Asia's cassava crops, threatening a multi-billion dollar industry and the staple food of millions of people, a report warns.
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