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PRO/PL> Swollen shoot, cocoa – Côte d'Ivoire: (central)
Other Plant Disease -- Cote d'IvoireIn Côte d'Ivoire, swollen shoot disease is worsening in the cocoa belt in the central region. "That really worries us because around 2010-11, I had harvested 4 tons each year. This year [2018], I am at 1.8 tons," said [a farmer], who owns 5 ha [about 12.4 acres]. The disease's level boomed in recent years, dropping production. According to an exporter, while the decline in production in the central region was offset by higher output in protected forest areas, Read more [...]
