In sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, population and high rate of population growth have led to decreased fallow periods, steadily leading to decline in per capita food production, low farm income, and widespread poverty.
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CILY has had an important environmental impact in the coconut-growing areas of Grand-Lahou since the late 1990’s when the first symptoms were spotted in the village of Palmindustrie V1, and since its very first outbreak.
Côte d'Ivoire Lethal Yellowing (CILY) has already destroyed over 400 hectares of coconut groves in Grand-Lahou and is threatening over 7,000 hectares, including the GenBank located at CNRA.
Women are still at a disadvantage, whether they are academics or farmers, as participants in a recent workshop at the University of Toronto discovered.