Nibbles: Wheat disease, Dried vegetables, Gates spending in Africa, Canadian spending in India, Ethiopian wheat

Wheat disease understood; sequence of leaf blotch fungus.
Wheat disease conquered? “Super varieties” resistant to UG99 and yield 15% more. What could go wrong?
Zambian farmers urged to dry vegetables for fun and profit (and better nutrition).
Gates Foundations has spent US$1.7 billion on agriculture in Africa, so far.
Swaminathan Foundation scores Canadian support for research on agriculture, poverty and nutrition. h/t PAR.
Bioversity Seeds for Needs distributes preselected genebank wheat varieties to Ethiopian women farmers to adapt to climate change.