Stem rust decimated over 10,000 hectares of wheat in Ethiopia
CIUDAD OBREGĂ“N, MEXICO (26 MARCH 2014)–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…