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Cameroon cocoa farmers seek help over 'mystery' disease
Mon Aug 8, 2011 11:41am GMT
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<SCRIPT>var csvSymbolIds = "";var quoteLink = "false";</SCRIPT>YAOUNDE Aug 8 (Reuters) - Cocoa farmers in one of Cameroon's leading production areas have asked government to help fight a 'mystery' tree disease, which they said has decimated thousands of plants in the world's fifth largest cocoa grower.
Over the past year, the disease has attacked tree roots, turning them rust-coloured and eventually killing them...
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http://af.reuters.com/article/cameroonNews/idAFL6E7J80R420110808
Mon Aug 8, 2011 11:41am GMT
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<SCRIPT>var csvSymbolIds = "";var quoteLink = "false";</SCRIPT>YAOUNDE Aug 8 (Reuters) - Cocoa farmers in one of Cameroon's leading production areas have asked government to help fight a 'mystery' tree disease, which they said has decimated thousands of plants in the world's fifth largest cocoa grower.
Over the past year, the disease has attacked tree roots, turning them rust-coloured and eventually killing them...
More...
http://af.reuters.com/article/cameroonNews/idAFL6E7J80R420110808