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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookCassava Diseases in Africa
a major threat to food security
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No results found.This regional strategic programme framework, entitled “Cassava diseases in central, eastern and southern Africaâ€Â (CaCESA), has been prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It aims to assist countries affected by cassava pests and diseases. These are significantly affecting groups such as internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees and the vulnerable whose food security is threatened. CaCESA is designed to assist vulnerable farm families in se lected districts of 15 countries1 in central, eastern and southern Africa. These countries are categorized in two groups: (i) countries already affected by the Ugandan variant of eastern Africa cassava mosaic virus (EACMV-Ug) and cassava brown streak virus (CBSV) diseases and where some mitigation activities are ongoing (Burundi, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda); and (ii) countries threatened by the spread and progress of cassava diseases ( Angola, Central African Republic, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan, Zambia and Zimbabwe). -
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