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According to the report published by CropLife Latin America, in Latin America and the Caribbean regions, agriculture generates 28% of employment. Average agricultural exports from Latin America represent 23% of the world total. In 2013, the farmers contributed 3% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in Latin America. Today, farmers lose between 20% and 40% of their crops by the actions of pests, weeds and diseases.
Below are the most destructive pests and diseases that farmers have had to face in 2013.
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Most destructive pest and disease in Latin America (Partly in 2013)
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Category
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Latin name
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Crops affected
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fungus
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Coffee Rust
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Hemileia vastratrix
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coffee
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Yellow Shoot Disease or HLB
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Candidatus Liberibacter spp
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orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit and tangerines
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Asian Rust
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Phakopsora pachyrhizi
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soybean and other legume species
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Crown Rot
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Phytophthora palmivora
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palm
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Black Sigatoka
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Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet
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banana
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Frosty Pod Rot
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Moniliophthora roreri
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cacao
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Insect pest
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Earworm
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Helicoverpa armigera
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soybeans, cotton and corn
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Potato White Worm
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Premnotrypes vorax
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potato
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Stink Bugs
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Dichelops furcatus, Piezodorus guildinii, Euschistos heros and etc
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soybean
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Source: CropLife Latin America
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