Millions face famine as crop disease rages

Scientists say wheat blight that ravaged Africa is set on a course for Asia

Robin McKie and Xan Rice
Sunday April 22, 2007
The Observer

Scientists say millions of people face starvation following an outbreak of a deadly new strain of crop disease which is spreading across the wheat fields of Africa and Asia.The disease, known as black stem rust, has already destroyed harvests in Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia. Now researchers report that stem rust spores have blown across the Red Sea into the Arabian peninsula and infected wheat fields in Yemen. Spores have also blown northwards into Sudan.



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