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GE crops could help meet increasing global food demands
Cape Breton Post
Both the protests and the regulatory hurdles were based on the notion that genetically engineered plants are “unnatural,” which automatically raises the question: Which human food crops are actually “natural,” in the sense that you will find them ...
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Looming hunger as drought hammers central regions
Daily News
DODOMA and Singida regions are bracing for food shortages due to a severe drought that afflicted the central part of the country, damaging food crops and resulting into tumbling yields and soaring cereal prices. Regional authorities, however, have ...<http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/16201-looming-hunger-as-drought-hammers-central-regions> See all stories on this topic: <http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/16201-looming-hunger-as-drought-hammers-central-regions&hl=en&geo=us>

Aid groups to US: Send cash, not food
News Sentinel
Sending crops abroad has long been a profitable enterprise for American farmers and shippers, and those groups are strongly opposing any changes to the program. But several food aid groups say times have changed and argue that shipping bulk food ...
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Professor: Southeast Mo. will fill global food demand
Southeast Missourian
But to produce food in enough abundance to satisfy the world demand, using plants that have been modified to increase productivity and decrease vulnerability, such as Monsanto Co.'s "Roundup Ready" crops, which are engineered to be resistant to the ... <http://www.semissourian.com/story/1956918.html> See all stories on this topic:<http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.semissourian.com/story/1956918.html&hl=en&geo=us>

Malawi to continue experiencing acute food insecurity, says report: MZUZU--A ...
The Maravi Post
"With food needs being met through consumption of own produced crops and livelihoods protection needs being met through the sale of cash crops, acute food insecurity is expected in the South and throughout the rest of the country from April to June.
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Biotech food giant Monsanto announces massive profit increases
DigitalJournal.com
The company's genetically engineered corn, cotton and soybean seeds have dramatically increased sales in the last quarter; sales of their crop chemicals, like the herbicide Roundup, which kills weeds, are also on the rise. Food safety advocacy groups ...
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UN report says malnutrition more widespread in Haiti after heavy storms ...
Washington Post
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The United Nations said Tuesday that a growing number of people in Haiti are not getting enough to eat following a heavy storm season that damaged food crops. The humanitarian department of the U.N. mission in the Caribbean ...
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From Saccharin to GE Seed, Report Profiles Monsanto's History Peddling ...
eNews Park Forest
“The chemical pesticide industry, with Monsanto leading the way, took over U.S. seed industry and engineered bacterial genes into food crops with the primary purpose of selling more weed killer that contaminates our food,water and bodies," said David ...
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UF researchers improve process to create renewable chemicals from plants
University of Florida
The process uses no food crops or petroleum as raw materials. In contrast, most currently produced succinic acid is petroleum derived. The research is detailed in a study in the March 5 issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Farmer-leader backs wider propagation of biotech corn
Business Mirror
THE Philippines continues to be a leading player in the full commercialization of biotech food crops, beating such giants as China and India, both of which are promoting the cultivation of Bacillius thuringiensis (Bt) corn. At the International ...
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Open Sourcing Food Security
Forbes
There are few topics as polarizing as genetically-engineered (GE) crops and
this is not going to be another discussion of the reasons for or against. Suffice it to say there have been plenty of concerns voiced over the years and that many of them (see ... <http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenkotler/2013/04/03/open-sourcing-food-security/> See all stories on this topic: <http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenkotler/2013/04/03/open-sourcing-food-security/&hl=en&geo=us>

UN: Haitians aren't getting enough food
The Seattle Times
UN: Haitians aren't getting enough food. The United Nations said Tuesday that a growing number of people in Haiti are not getting enough to eat following a heavy storm season that damaged food crops. The Associated Press ...<http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2020694308_apcbhaiticountrysidehunger.html> See all stories on this topic: <http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2020694308_apcbhaiticountrysidehunger.html&hl=en&geo=us>

Monsanto Protection Act Undermines U.S. Food Security
eNews Park Forest
A recent study found that the dramatic loss of Monarch butterflies can be tied to the expansion of GE crops. Historically, milkweed has been the key source of food for Monarch butterflies. The weed was typically found in several key states where the ... <http://www.enewspf.com/latest-news/science/science-a-environmental/41762-monsanto-protection-act-undermines-u-s-food-security.html> See all stories on this topic: <http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.enewspf.com/latest-news/science/science-a-environmental/41762-monsanto-protection-act-undermines-u-s-food-security.html&hl=en&geo=us>

Cooking contest pushes new thinking on pulse crops
CBC.ca
A unique food competition is underway at the University of Saskatchewan that has students using their culinary prowess to make kitchen classics out of pulse crops. Called Mission:IMPULSEible, Tuesday's competition aimed to get people thinking ... <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/story/2013/04/02/saskatoon-pulses-food-contest.html> See all stories on this topic:
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Corn Joins Crop Bear Market on Slow Demand, More Planting
Businessweek
The USDA said in February that food inflation would ease later in 2013 as larger crop inventories reduce cost pressures. The effects of the 2012 drought will decline this year as grain harvests replenish supplies and agribusinesses worry less about ...
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Commemorating World Health Day 2013
Imperial Valley News
Many essential nutrients come from the soil, making soil health critical to producing nutritious food. Intercropping with legumes, including alfalfa or peas, helps return nitrogen to the soil and support healthy plant growth. Using cover crops, which ... <http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php/news/world/3593-commemorating-world-health-day-2013.html> See all stories on this topic: <http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php/news/world/3593-commemorating-world-health-day-2013.html&hl=en&geo=us>

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Climate change to affect Mekong production
UPI.com
BANGKOK, April 1 (UPI) -- Climate change will have a significant effect on major industrial and food crops in the Lower Mekong basin countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, says a new study. The study, conducted by the Mekong Adaptation and ...
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JIN:The Global Land Rush for Food and Fuel
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
These agribusiness schemes exacerbate the problem in areas of chronic hunger and malnourishment and have farmers growing cash crops for export, rather than food crops for consumption. As the Brazilian-Japanese partnership ProSavana shows, it's no ... See all stories on this topic:

Costly farm inputs could lead to food shortage, say experts
Daily Nation
The farmers are faced with challenges of planting this season's maize crop at a time when the Early Warning System (EWS) has forecast food scarcity in the country from last month until June this year. Other African countries
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SU Farm Club plants crops for campus dining halls
The Slate Online
Shippensburg's Farm Club met last week to plant a new crop of seedlings for the spring. The food will be eaten by many Shippensburg students on-campus. Chartwells, the food service company at SU purchases some of the yield to be used in dining halls. See all stories on this topic:

Fish farming in Detroit's future?
Royal Oak Daily Tribune
And should the campaign succeed, Food Field farmers will be able to grow crops year-round, because an aquaponics system can moderate temperature in greenhouses and provide extra fertility for the plants it sustains. That means fresh, local Food Field ... See all stories on this topic:

GMO food labels would benefit Minnesota consumers
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The United States is the biggest producer of biotech crops, and Americans who choose not to eat genetically engineered foods are reasonably asking for information that takes the guesswork out of buying groceries. Companion bills introduced in the state ...
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Modified crops get boost from budget deal
Columbus Dispatch
“This unprecedented and egregious effort guts the necessary review process put in place for public safety and leaves consumers unprotected from potential health consequences by introducing untested crops into our food system,” Bailey said in an emailed ...
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Can we completely avoid genetically modified foods?
HULIQ
Monsanto has a one year lease to grow and harvest genetically modified crops with the passage of H.R. 933. In the United States, as long as the genetically modified crop is legal, producers don't have to inform consumers that the foods are GM. 75 ...
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Obama signs bill that protects makers of genetically engineered crops from ...
Fox News
The biotech rider was included in spending bill HR 933 and signed Tuesday by Obama, despite White House protests and at least two petitions, including one by the group Food Democracy Now that got more than 250,000 signatures. Critics have also ... See all stories on this topic:

Rice to supplement maize and sugarcane in Mumias
The Star
Keya said the ministry intends to use the upland rice species as an alternative food and cash crop so that farmers don't over-rely on maize as food crop and sugarcane as cash crop. He said the district targets to harvest 15 to 20 bags of rice per acre ... See all stories on this topic:

Saturday, March 30, 2013: Food labeling, obstructionism and online pharmacies
Bangor Daily News
Five main genetically modified commodity crops — corn, soy, cotton, sugar beets and canola — have byproducts, such as high fructose corn syrup, soybean oil, vegetable oil and canola oil, in an estimated 75 percent of processed foods sold in grocery ...
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Monsanto Protection Act, Put Into Law, Lets GMO Crops Have Free Reign
Z6Mag
One thing we should get straight however, is that Monsanto is not the only beneficiary to this bill opening up the floodgates to genetically modified crops and seeds being used in the US food system. Other companies that will benefit from the “Monsanto ...

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Plague of Locusts in Madagascar Threatens Crops
The Epoch Times
Locusts now threaten around 60 percent of Madagascar's rice crops, a staple in the country, it said. Madagascar is a poor country, with more than 80 percent of the population living on less than $1 per day. As the locusts eat up crops, the food agency ... See all stories on this topic:

Small-scale producers and traditional crops key in fighting hunger: FAO
fnbnews.com
He said that the Green Revolution of the 1960s had increased per capita availability of food by over 40 per cent, but at the cost of a loss of food diversity because of a focus on a few crops and significant impact on the environment from intensive use ... See all stories on this topic:


Chicory is flexible summer food crop
Stuff.co.nz
A recent Bainesse dairy farm day seminar was all about the benefits of the crop chicory and was held at Robert Ervine's Manawatu farm. A farm adviser with Feilding-based Dairy Consult, Tim Ferguson said chicory crops were becoming more popular. He said ...
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Connecting the Dots: GMOs and Our Food Future
Huffington Post
Much like bees, the monarch butterfly provides essential pollination for many of our food crops -- this pollination is the foundation of our food supply. According to a study by researchers at UC Berkeley, one third of the world's food supply is ...
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Food costs to rise as lambs and crops hit
The Times (subscription)
Sharp frosts and heavy snow have disrupted the lambing season and hit many crops, in the fields, raising fears that food prices could rise again. Thousands of animals have been killed by the cold, with reports of livestock buried under several feet of ...
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Anybody for baingan and bhindi? 'Ethnic' cash crops tops in Ontario
Mississauga
Experts suggest the planned increase in such 'ethno-cultural' crop acreage holds the potential “to address the issues of access to culturally appropriate food of an expanding population in Ontario”. The collaboration between Vineland and the BBFG will ...
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Almost 50 AD plants now treating food waste
letsrecycle.com
According to the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC), over 100 (106) anaerobic digestion (AD) plants are currently operating outside of the water industry – including
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Reporter's notebook: Declining nutrition in U.S. crops concerns food ...
A study from a University of Texas researcher has found significant declines in the nutritional value of today's crops versus those grown 50 years ago

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Crop Cultivation Harvest for Food | Kwentology
About 500 years ago, nobody in Europe had ever seen potatoes, maize, or tomatoes. These important food crops were first developed by peoples who lived in ...<http://www.kwentology.com/crop-cultivation-harvest-for-food/>

Reporter's notebook: Declining nutrition in U.S. crops concerns food ...
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Growing food crops in pots
Chilliwack Times
You don't have to be a condo or townhouse dweller to enjoy the advantages of growing some food crops in pots. Anyone who likes the accessibility of having salad plants or herbs near their back door, or tomatoes by the warmth of a house wall may find ...
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Non-food crop holds biofuel promise
San Diego Source (subscription)
SGB Inc., a San Diego-based energy crop company has identified more than 2 million individual genetic markers (SNPs) in Jatropha curcas, a non-food energy crop, concluding that the plant has a genetic diversity comparable to corn and other domesticated ...
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Yemen: Tomato crop destroyed by infested food stock
FreshPlaza
A researcher at Yemen General Authority for Agricultural Research and Extension, Engineer Abdullah Mutawakil warned tomato crops across the country stood at risk of contamination after it was found food stock imported from Syria presented signs of ... <http://www.freshplaza.com/news_detail.asp?id=107010> See all stories on this topic: <http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.freshplaza.com/news_detail.asp%3Fid%3D107010&hl=en&geo=us>

Futurity.org – Fertilizer adds selenium to Malawi food crops
Fertilizer adds selenium to Malawi food crops. "It is of course feasible for people to diversify their diets to increase the consumption of other selenium-rich foods ...<http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/fertilizer-adds-selenium-to-malawi-food-crops/>

Exploring the origin of Maori staple food crops. | ABC Radio Australia
Taewa, the Maori potato, kumara and Indian corn all came from South America but how did they reach New Zealand <http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacific/radio/onairhighlights/exploring-the-origin-of-maori-staple-food-crops/1101014>

Experts: crop biotechnology to help with food security
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Crop biotechnology could help Vietnam ensure food security, experts have said at a recent workshop on global outlook for genetically modified (GM) crops in Hanoi. According to Nguyen Van Tuat, Deputy Director of Vietnam Academy for Agricultural ...
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Top 10 Food Crops Cultivated In India | Spot On Lists
Agriculture is the most important activity in India. Many different verities of crops are grown all over India. Around two third of all the population residing in our ... <http://spotonlists.com/food/top-10-food-crops-cultivated-in-india/>

Genetically Modified Food: Can It Help Fight the Obesity Crisis?
PolicyMic
Historically, genetic engineering of food plants has been aimed squarely at making them suitable for the industrial food system. Tomatoes, typically fragile fruits, were engineered to survive months in storage and transport without spoiling or being ...
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Egypt's Battle With GM Crops (and Food Poverty)
Green Prophet
Back in 2012, the Ministry of Agriculture in Egypt made the bold statement that no Genetically Modified (GM) crops were to be planted in Egypt. Although this may have been a relief to various campaigners and the average Egyptian concerned about their ...
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Genetically modified crops gaining ground in China: Report
Times of India
Clive James, chairman of the NGO, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications ( ISAAA), said China should ease restrictions on bio-technology and promote the use of GM food crops, China's Caixin Media reported. In 2009, China ... <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/Genetically-modified-crops-gaining-ground-in-China-Report/articleshow/18847379.cms> See all stories on this topic: >

GM crops gaining ground in China
Global Times
James suggested that China should ease restrictions on bio-technology and promote the use of GM food crops, Caixin Media reported. In 2009, China certified GM rice and maize strains that were developed by Chinese scientists, but it still has not ...
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Farmers dump sugarcane for food
The Observer (blog)
Luvaluka is part of a growing group of farmers in Busoga who have found the transition to sugarcane farming too tough, but one they have very little choice over. In 2001, hundreds of farmers were persuaded to grow sugarcane after food crop prices ... <http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24023:farmers-dump-sugarcane-for-food&catid=38:business&Itemid=68> See all stories on this topic: <http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.observer.ug/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D24023:farmers-dump-sugarcane for-food%26catid%3D38:business%26Itemid%3D68&hl=en&geo=us>


Awareness campaign mulls tuber crops in lieu of principle foods
KanglaOnline
Dr AK Bijaya Devi, PI AICRP (TC), CAU, Imphal Centre in her key note assress said the tuber crop farming system is practiced on a national level. She said, ” The rapid change in climate has affected the production of principle food crops like wheat and ...
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Plight of the bumblebee may affect food crops
Herald and News
Two new studies in Thursday's journal Science conclude that wild bees, like the American bumblebee, are increasingly important in pollinating flowers and crops that provide us with food. And, at least in the Midwest, they seem to be dwindling in an ...
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Program promotes Georgia food crops
The Albany Herald
Georgia is known for is its high-quality agricultural products. But it never hurts to be reminded of this. It's an often overlooked contributor to our state's economy. The University of Georgia Extension Service points out
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U.S. Food-Inflation to Ease on Bigger Grain Crops, USDA Says
Bloomberg
U.S. food inflation may ease later this year as larger crop inventories lessen cost pressures, assuming the worst drought since the 1930s ebbs further, the Agriculture Department's top food economist said. The drought led to record corn and soybean ...
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Foreign investment in Australia's food crops - The Future of ... - ABC
Foreign investment in Australia's food crops is a double-edged sword that brings the benefits of new markets and financial capital, but also concerns over foreign ... <http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-19/foreign-investment-in-australias-food-crops/4527244>

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CASSAVAVIET. “Tony was a dear friend and a scientist of the highest caliber, who dedicated his entire working life to the pursuit of development impact through agricultural research. We will miss you Tony!” Dr. Ruben Echeverria, Director General of CIAT said. Dr. Anthony Bellotti was a great teacher, outstanding scientist, and great friend for Cassava in Vietnam,. We want to share the message from Ruben and some latest lecture and pictures of Tony on CIAT visit regarding cassava pests and diseases with others.



THE PASSING OF TONY BELLOTTI
by Ruben G. Echeverría (CIAT E-Newsletter /7 March 2013)

It is with deep sadness that I announce the passing of Dr. Anthony Bellotti at his retirement home in Naples, Florida, after a battle with cancer that lasted several months. Tony was a dear friend and a scientist of the highest caliber, who dedicated his entire working life to the pursuit of development impact through agricultural research.

His long journey of commitment began in 1962, when he joined the first group of Peace Corps volunteers in El Salvador. For 2 years, he supervised projects dealing with the production of vegetables, tropical fruits, and small livestock. After earning an MSc at New Mexico State University, Tony returned to the Peace Corps in 1967, serving first as an assistant director in Paraguay and then as a training officer in California until 1970.

Like so many Peace Corps volunteers, Tony realized that to make lasting contributions he needed more knowledge. So, he embarked on doctoral studies in the Department of Entomology with a minor in Plant Breeding at Cornell University. After completing his PhD, Tony joined CIAT in Cali, Colombia, initially as a Rockefeller Foundation post-doc. He developed an extraordinarily productive career as Cassava Program entomologist, including an 18-month sabbatical at Embrapa, Cruz das Almas, Brazil – and also served at times as acting program leader. His work resulted in more than 300 scientific publications. After his retirement in 2006, Tony was awarded emeritus status but continued contributing generously to mentoring and occasional consultancies.



Tony leaves a legacy of enormous professional accomplishments. Through research teams formed with skill and care, he advanced the knowledge of cassava entomology from its infancy to maturity, opening the way for major contributions to improved livelihoods for cassava farmers. Tony’s single greatest scientific achievement involved his role in the introduction of a parasitic wasp from Paraguay to sub-Saharan Africa for biological control of the devastating cassava mealybug. The documented economic benefits of this work are valued in the billions of dollars.

Tony leaves a huge void in CIAT and around the world, having formed friendships and professional relationships through an international career that spanned more than half a century, including 40 years at CIAT. Tony led a rich life outside of work too – as an avid reader, New York Yankees fan, and congenial, supportive companion to a very large circle of friends in Cali.
More details about Tony’s life and work are available on a special page of CIAT’s website, where friends and colleagues can share their thoughts, memories, and photos. Please join us in honoring this true hero of science and incomparable friend to so many.

Joe Tohme and Clair Hershey will provide information on donations that can be made in Tony’s name after the family identifies the charity.

Please feel free to share this message with others.

We will miss you Tony!

Ruben

Director General of CIAT




CASSAVA PEST IN LATIN AMERICA, AFRICA AND ASIA
Latest lecture of Dr. Anthony Bellotti on Cassava in Vietnam

CASSAVAVIET. CIAT visit regarding cassava pests and diseases. "CIAT wants to send a small delegation to collect more information on the pest and disease issues affecting cassava in SE Asia, especially in Viet Nam and Thailand. The main people in the team are Dr. Tony Bellotti, who has been the entomologist at CIAT for decades, and Dr. Elizabeth Alvarez, who is the CIAT pathologist. Throughout their visit they will be accompanied by Dr. Tin Maung Aye, who runs our main cassava project in SE Asia. In addition, I will join parts of the visist and we hope that Kaith and Tiago may be able to join some parts of the visit"

Rod Lefroy (D.Phil)
Regional Research Leader, CIAT in Asia
PO Box 783, Vientiane, Lao PDR
phone: +856-21-770090 mobile: +856-20-5509-863
email: r.lefroy@cgiar.org http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/asia



























"... Dr Tony (Entomologist) and Dr Elizabeth (Pathologist) from CIAT and I will visit to Vietnam in the middle of November, from 15 to 22 Nov in Vietnam. As you know that there is a cassava disease problem in Vietnam and it seems to spread out very quickly in many parts of cassava growing areas in Vietnam. The main reason to visit Vietnam is that to get a better idea of the pest and disease problem on cassava in Vietnam. I believe that the coming trip will help us to fight against the pest and disease in the region. I am now organizing their trip to Vietnam to visit cassava planning provinces especially the serious disease affected areas in the provinces."

Dr. Tin Maung Aye,
(Who runs CIAT main cassava project in SE Asia)
CIAT, c/o FCRI, Dept. of Agriculture
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
Office telephone: +66-02579-7551
Office telephone and fax: +66-02940-5541
Email: t.aye@cgiar.org
ciat-bangkok@cgiar.org
Keith Fahrney
(CIAT-Asia)
Email: k.fahrney@cgiar.org,
Tiago Wandschneider
(CIAT-Vietnam)
Email: t.wandschneider@cgiar.org


POTENTIAL MEALBUG PROBLEM IN CASSAVA
From: Reinhardt Howeler CIAT-BANGKOK ciat-bangkok @cgiar.org

To: "Jarungsit Limsila" , "Wang Wenquang" , "Wani Hadi Utomo" , "Marjuki" , "Sholihin" , "yudi widodo" , "Wargiono" , "Augustinus Omar Rahmanadi" , "Jonathan Schofield" , "Rod Lefroy" , "Tin Maung Aye" , "Keith Fahrney" , "Lao Thao" , "Thiphavong Boupha" , "Hongthong Phimmasan" , "Viengsavanh Phimphachanvongsod" , "Phoumi Inthapanya" , "Phanthasin Khanthavong"

, "Rob Kelly" , "Silinthone Sacklokham" , "Engku Ismail Engku Ahmad" , "Narul Nahar Esa" , "Tan Swee Lian" , "Algerico Mariscal" , "Dioscoro Bolatete Jr." , "Tran Ngoc Ngoan" , "Nguyen Vu Thai" , "Nguyen Thi Hoa Ly" , "Hoang Kim" , "Phuong Nguyen" , "Nguyen Huu Hy" , "Pham Thi Nhan" , "Nam Ho Dai" , "Khanh Ton That Minh" , "Tiago Wandschneider"

 Date: Tuesday, 17 February, 2009,

Dear friends and colleagues

You may be aware that two insects have been causing serious damage to cassava in Thailand during this past year. One is the spiraling white fly (Aleurodicus disperses), which has long existed in many countries in Asia, on many different crops, but seldom did serious damage to cassava. Last year the infestation was quite severe. Even so, this insect affects mostly the lower leaves and thus has less impact on yield. Spraying insecticides may be counterproductive as it may kill the biological control agents.

The second insect is more worrisome. In many parts of Asia we have had a minor problem in cassava with the striped-mealy bug, Ferrisia virgata, which caused only minor damage. However, late last year and especially during the current dry season in Thailand, there is a serious mealy bug infestation in various parts of the country. Dr. Bellotti, the CIAT cassava entomologist, who visited Thailand in October, suspected that the increased damage was done by one or more new species of mealy bugs, possibly Phenococcus manihoti and/or Phenococcus herrinni, which have also caused serious damage in Africa and Latin America, but have not previously been observed in Asia (including India). Thai entomologists agree that this is probably a new and more dangerous species, and they are trying to identify the exact species and possible biological control agents. Since CIAT/IITA collaboration during the 1980s was very successful in bringing a similar new infestation of P. herrinni in Africa under control, we may consider a similar effort in Asia with the possible introduction of effective biological control agents from Latin America into Asia. But before this is done, we first need to identify the exact species causing the damage and to get some indication of the seriousness of the problem and the extent of its spread. Thus, with this Email, I would like to request everyone to report to the CIAT-Bangkok office any serious or unusual infestations of both the whitefly and mealy bugs (or other insect or disease problems) on cassava in your area.

In addition, since mealy bugs are easily transported on planting material, it is very dangerous to take any stakes or vegetative planting material across borders, especially from Thailand, but even more so from Africa, Latin America or India (where cassava mosaic disease is a serious problem). Since these new insect pests have the potential to devastate the cassava industry in all of Asia, your help and collaboration is essential to bring this problem under control.

With best regards,

Reinhardt

Reinhardt Howeler
Senior Expert
CIAT, c/o FCRI, Dept. of Agriculture
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
Email: r.howeler@cgiar.org

For Vietnam:
Nguyen Van Bo nvbo@hn.vnn.vn, vaas@hn.vnn.vn,
Ngo Vinh Vien ngovinhvien-bvtv@hn.vnn.vn,
Le Dinh Don ledinhdon@hcmuaf.edu.vn
Hoang Kim hoangkim.vietnam@gmail.com, hoangkim@hcmuaf.edu.vn

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