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New viral disease threatens region’s cassava farming
This article is about cassava brown streak disease (CBSD). One interest point is the claim that CBSD is often found in varieties that are resistant to cassava mosaic disease (CMD).
CMD and CBSD monitoring with cell phones
This should be followed to see how it comes out. They are using cell phones to monitor cassava viruses in the Great Lakes region, Africa.
New bug wiping out our cassava plants
Article on CBSD in Uganda. Discusses challenges, especially given that cassava is seen as a growth sector, especially biofuels. Includes something on the impact of CMD in Uganda the previous decade.
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In the early 1990s, the cassava mosaic virus attacked 80 per cent of the country. Before the epidemic, Uganda had produced 3.5 million metric tonnes of cassava annually, but it dropped to just 0.5 metric tonnes, costing the economy $60 million a year.
Uganda: GM Cassava Ready for Field Trials
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Kampala — LABORATORY experiments for the genetically modified (GM) cassava have been completed and the National Crops Resource Research Institute (NCRRI) Namulonge has sought permission from the National biosafety committee to transfer the genetically modified cassava from the green house to the field.
CBSD in Tanzania
Lots of interesting stuff in this news report on cassava brown streak disease:
* threatens a region with 1.6 million people
* authorities recommend sowing alternative food crops
* cassava seed transport ban declared
* CBSD causes US$ 50 million in damag
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Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) is spreading at an alarming rate in almost all districts of Mara Region, thus threatening the major food crop that is widely grown in the lake zone, researchers from
Ukiruguru Institute [for agricultural research for the Lake and Western Zone] have warned. They have now recommended alternative food crops to be grown without delay, warning that there will be no cassava plants in the area a year from now.
allAfrica.com: Africa: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Overview of Cassava breeding in Africa....
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A meeting of Africa's leading cassava breeders zeroed in on actions needed to stop the rapid spread of cassava brown streak disease (CBSD). The resurgent crop disease has already caused a low-grade famine in northern Mozambique, and led farmers in Zanzibar to largely abandon cultivation of the critical food crop. Breeders from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique all noted the rising threat of the disease to small-scale farmers in their areas.
Uganda: Cassava Brown-Streak Hits Mukono
This is the 2nd time I have run across a brown streak virus story. The last time it was in Angola.
New Cassava Disease in Mukono Uganda
Brown streak virus....
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After five years of relief from the cassava Mosaic disease, another disease has emerged in Mukono district. The disease which poses a threat of famine and poverty was identified by the Agriculture officer of Mukono Doreen kataama as cassava Brown Streak virus.
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