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Ethiopia Drought
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Ethiopia battles wheat rust disease outbreak
Nov. 08, 2016 (ReliefWeb) – An outbreak of wheat rust disease in critical wheat-growing regions of Ethiopia is threatening recent crop production gains in parts of the country, following a long period of El-Niño-induced drought. In late August, survey teams first spotted the rust in Oromia and Southern Nations, Nationalities …