{
  "id": 10872476,
  "title": "New planting tech set to revolutionise yam farming",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/new-planting-tech-set-to-revolutionise-yam-farming",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T05:07:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jamaica Gleaner",
    "slug": "jamaica-gleaner",
    "url": "http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20260930/new-planting-tech-set-revolutionise-yam-farming"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "WESTERN BUREAU: A new yam propagation technology could multiply planting material up to 300-fold from a single plant could help to ease the shortage of quality seed while leaving more edible yam for farmers to sell. Charles Webster, a plant protection officer in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, said the single-node vine-cutting technology uses leaf nodes, which are typically discarded…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}