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Keywords: main cassava producing areas in Colombia, identified pest problems in the cassava growing area, mites Oligonychus, Mononychellus, thrips, scale insects, stem borers, lacebugs, hornworm, soil erosion control on steep slopes, drainage, quality of planting material, crop rotation, weed control, fertilization, cultural control, genetic record, chemical control, eradication, plant pathogens are bacterial blight, phoma blight, anthracnose, brown leaf spot, brown leaf blight, white leaf spot, cassava common mosaic, frog skin disease, root rot Rosellinia, Rhizoctonia, Diplodia, Fusarium, leaf blight, stem rot