Inter Press ServiceCassava Brown Streak Disease Topics https://www.ipsnews.net/topics/cassava-brown-streak-disease/ News and Views from the Global South Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:45:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 African Smallholder Farmers Need to Become Virus Detectors https://www.ipsnews.net/2013/03/african-smallholder-farmers-need-to-become-virus-detectors-2/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2013/03/african-smallholder-farmers-need-to-become-virus-detectors-2/#respond Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:40:25 +0000 Wambi Michael http://www.ipsnews.net/?p=117241

By Wambi Michael
Kampala, Mar 18 2013 (IPS)

Plant viruses are threatening the livelihoods of farmers and food security by attacking vital food crops in East and Central African countries. Cassava is the staple in most of these countries and it is one of the hardest hit crops.

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