Other Plant Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
Vanuatu’s Agricultural Research and Technical Centre is hiring a yam expert to help combat a disease affecting the country’s crop. Dr Ambraham Kuthomathatadil has been hired to breed yam varieties resistant to the common anthracnose disease.
The centre’s director, Roger Malapa, says breeding hybrid yams will also be an important step in helping farmers overcome climate change factors affecting yam crops. Dr Kuthomathatadil will also teach students how to breed yams.
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