Economy - Voice of America: Deadly Maize Disease Threatens Kenya's Food Stability

Economy - Voice of America economy-and-business

Deadly Maize Disease Threatens Kenya's Food Stability Aug 23rd 2012, 17:23 NAIROBI — Kenyan officials are scrambling to determine how to deal with a spreading deadly maize disease.  Fears are mounting as farmers report losing more than 60 percent of their usual yields. Last September, farmers in Bomet, in the southern Rift Valley, reported that a disease was destroying their maize (corn). By January, researchers found the disease, "maize lethal necrosis" that makes the maize plant turn yellow and dry up, was spreading to other areas of the Rift Valley ... Media files: 90E86076-CEF6-4A54-962E-132E1BA82D47_cx0_cy2_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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