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Capacity Building for Spread Prevention and Management of Cassava Pink Mealybug in the Greater Mekong Subregion
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2011 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
Cassava is a major crop used for human consumption, animal feed and bioenergy production, with about 3 million smallholder farmers in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) deriving their livelihoods from the crop. In 2008, the cassava pink mealybug (CM) invaded Thailand, resulting in extensive crop damage. To combat it, the [...]
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Production system: Root/Tuber crops