Thursday, 30 January 2020

PRO/PL> Frosty pod rot, cocoa - Jamaica: (SM)

Other Plant Disease -- Jamaica
More than 841 acres of cocoa in St. Mary have been treated under the Frosty Pod Rot Management Programme. Minister of Industry and Agriculture Audley Shaw said [at the launch of the International Year of Plant Health (ProMED-mail post http://bit.ly/3aYOcYE) on Wed 22 Jan 2020] that 288 farmers have benefited. The programme is part of government efforts to revive the cocoa industry and recover from the losses caused by frosty pod rot [which has been plaguing cocoa farmers

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6936342&promed&0

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