Global Wheat Surveillance Network Moves Quickly to Combat Dangerous Outbreak of Stem Rust in Southern Ethiopia
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)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 top wheat experts.