Undiagnosed — Nigeria
Mr Onyema Nwodo, Enugu State Agricultural Development Programme, says the government is tackling cocoa-yam [taro] disease in the state. The disease withers cocoa-yam plants. [It] manifested 2 years ago and made the farmers lose a lot of the crop.
Samples from the area [were] sent to the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI). Nwodo explained that they had to involve NRCRI to look into the disease and when the report was released, it was [to be] made public. He urged the department
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