Global Wheat Surveillance Network Moves Quickly to Combat Dangerous Outbreak of Stem Rust in Southern Ethiopia

Wheat farmers in East Africa and the Middle East are on alert after a damaging strain of a plant disease called stem rust decimated more than 10,000 hectares of wheat in southern Ethiopia, the largest wheat producer in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), according to a report discussed today at an international gathering of the world's top wheat experts.

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