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In developing countries plant pathogens cause pre-harvest food losses ranging from 13% to 16%, despite all the pesticides applied plus other control measures employed (Pimentel et al. 2001). This significant food loss is taking place when many people, especially people in developing countries are starving and/or are malnourished. The World Health Organization (WHO, 1996, 2000) reports that more than 3 billion people suffer from malnourishment (insufficient calories, protein, vitamins, iron, and iodine). This is the largest number and proportion of malnourished people ever in history.
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Pimentel, D. (2003). Plant pathogens and quarantines and the implication for global trade and world food. In: Loebenstein, G., Thottappilly, G. (eds) Virus and Virus-like Diseases of Major Crops in Developing Countries. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0791-7_4
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