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Uprooting trees and crop diversification:
Formula to halt coconut wilt disease
The Coconut Cultivation Board (CCB) has
recommended the uprooting of 400,000 coconut trees affected by the
Weligama coconut wilt disease. Chairman, CCB, J. Gunatilleke said
the estimated cost for cutting down these trees is over Rs. 750
million. The disease has reduced the country's coconut yield by over
45 percent.
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