LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In Zimbabwe, worsening droughts mean farmers will struggle to grow a maize crop two out of every five seasons, a leading international agriculture expert has warned.
In India, which consumes more wheat than any country but China, strategic reserves of the crop are probably not sufficient to stand up to large-scale drought or new lethal crop diseases, said Martin Kropff, director general of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).
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