In the 1980s, famine-relief food sent to Ethiopia may have carried parthenium seeds; the invasive weed now cuts forage by up to 90% in some areas
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Ethiopia’s top invasive weed is believed to have arrived in famine food aid. It cuts forage by up to 90% in some areas, but the donor country is unnamed.
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In the 1980s, famine-relief food sent to Ethiopia may have carried parthenium seeds; the invasive weed now cuts forage by up to 90% in some areas
Ethiopia’s top invasive weed is believed to have arrived in famine food aid. It cuts forage by up to 90% in some areas, but the donor country is unnamed.
