Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 8/2/17

This is a guest post by Catherine Doyle, a graduate student in NC State’s Department of Plant and Microbial Biology. Doyle is spending several weeks in Tanzania, doing field work related to a research effort aimed at tackling a disease that threatens the livelihood of people throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

My first week in Dar Es Saalam, Tanzania, has been an experience I will never forget. The week started with a visit from Tanzania’s Minister of Agriculture to Mikocheni Agriculture Research Institute (MARI), which delayed us from starting our trip to the field.

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