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West Africa relies on chemicals to thwart new cotton pests

By Loucoumane Coulibaly and Alessandra Prentice KORHOGO, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – Workers in northern Ivory Coast picked handfuls of cotton without stopping to wipe the sweat from their brows; This crop was saved by the use of extra pesticides after a new pest caused record damage in West and Central Africa. Last season. The Indian… Read More »