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Africa Turns Digital to Protect Crops and Boost Exports

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago08 mins

The latest phase builds on previous rounds of implementation in 2023 and 2025, which trained plant health officials from 20 African countries African governments are scaling up efforts to modernise plant health systems, expanding a digital surveillance programme to 38 countries in a bid to contain crop pests, strengthen food security and improve access to…

Africa: Coffee Crops Are Dying From a Fungus With Species-Jumping Genes – Researchers Are ‘Resurrecting’ Their Genomes to Understand How and Why

eriinfo.com5 months ago015 mins

For anyone who relies on coffee to start their day, coffee wilt disease may be the most important disease you’ve never heard of. This fungal disease has repeatedly reshaped the global coffee supply over the past century, with consequences that reach from African farms to cafe counters worldwide. Infection with the fungus Fusarium xylarioides results…