Coffee Wilt Disease
by Julie Flood /
2010 / English / PDF
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Coffee Wilt Disease has cost African coffee farmers an estimated
US1 billion to date, resulting from reduced yields and the extra
costs incurred in trying to manage the disease. This devastating
fungal disease has destroyed millions of coffee trees in affected
countries across Africa and will be a contributory factor in any
attempt at revitalization of the African coffee sector in the
future.This book is one of the outputs of the Regional Coffee Wilt
Programme and is a compilation of the current knowledge of various
aspects of CWD, including information about the pathogen, its
spread and importantly its management.
Coffee Wilt Disease has cost African coffee farmers an estimated
US1 billion to date, resulting from reduced yields and the extra
costs incurred in trying to manage the disease. This devastating
fungal disease has destroyed millions of coffee trees in affected
countries across Africa and will be a contributory factor in any
attempt at revitalization of the African coffee sector in the
future.This book is one of the outputs of the Regional Coffee Wilt
Programme and is a compilation of the current knowledge of various
aspects of CWD, including information about the pathogen, its
spread and importantly its management.
