The Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) in the Northern Region has engaged some farmers in the Tolon District on impending dangers with regard to the fall armyworm infestation in...
The infestation of fall armyworms on maize farms in the Ashanti Region continues to worsen despite efforts by the government to manage the spread of the pests. About 62,627 hectares of maize farms...
Farmers in the Upper East Region have been charged to regularly monitor fields for early detection and effective control of pests on crops. The farmers were further charged to start planting early...
The devastation caused by fall armyworms has affected 18,219.07 hectares of maize farms as at Friday May 26, 2017. So far, nine regions have been affected with farmers losing hundreds of thousands of...
Rwanda's government announced on Wednesday it had discovered fall armyworm on its crops, making it the third east African country afflicted by the plant-eating pest also recently spotted in Kenya....
The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says it is concerned that the armyworm outbreak could spread to the whole of southern Africa, threatening crops. So far, seven of the 15...
An outbreak of armyworm caterpillars present in several southern African countries threatens to strip the entire region of key food supplies, warned the UN food agency Thursday. "It is probably only...
International experts will hold emergency talks in Harare on Tuesday to tackle an outbreak of crop-eating "armyworm" caterpillars advancing across several African countries. The armyworm has already...
The plant protection and regulatory services directorate of the Food and Agriculture Ministry has confirmed the invasion of fall armyworms on some farms in the country. Some maize farmers in the...
Scientists are calling for urgent action to halt the spread of a pest that is destroying maize crops and spreading rapidly across Africa. The fall armyworm poses a major threat to food security and...
Famine looms in the Akatsi North district of the Volta Region as farmers are battling an armyworm infestation on their farms. About six acres of maize and cassava farms have already been destroyed in...
