Year: 2016
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Hon. Noel Holder, Minister of Agriculture at Ministers meeting, Peru
Efforts continue to bring relief to flood-affected Region 5 communities.

Efforts to bring relief to the flood affected communities in the Mahaica/Mahaicony/ Abary, Region Five areas are continuing even as there are reports of rising water levels due to heavy rainfall over the last few days. Speaking to the Government Information Agency (GINA) via telephone today, General Manager of the…
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Farmers have better control of Black Sigatoka disease.

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) is intensifying its education and awareness efforts to better inform plantain farmers about the Black Sigatoka disease. For several years the Black Sigatoka disease (caused by the fungus, Mycosphaerella fijiensism) has been affecting local plantain production. The disease strives in heat and…