Recent reports from Sudan, has indicated that Tuta absoluta
is extending its damage to the Potato Tuber. This development in the host
selection behaviour by Tuta absoluta can be a potential disaster to small
farmers  in the East Africa  whose livelihood rely on horticultural
production and particularly those in regions of Ethiopia close to Sudan
Key Potato production areas in Sudan and Ethiopia are close
to each other along the Blue Nile and its tributaries. The recent expansion of
the Tuta absoluta in the areas south of Wadi Medni in Sudan, is pausing a
serious risk across the board to the potato production areas around the upper Blue
Nile in Ethiopia.
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