ZIMBABWE: The current heavy rains have helped reduce army worm damage to crops and pastures, the Plant Protection Research Institute has said. Head of the... Read More
BOTSWANA: Agricultural officials in Botswana has been placed on high alert to deal with a suspected armyworm outbreak across the country, the spokesperson of the... Read More
MALAWI: Farmers in Malawi’s central district of Mchinji have been warned of a looming army worms outbreak which has affected neighbouring Zambia. It’s reported that... Read More
TANZANIA: An armyworm outbreak in Muze Ward, Sumbawanga District, has resulted in the destruction of more than 280 hectares of maize crop. The armyworms are... Read More
ZAMBIA: The Zambian government has described the outbreak of army worms which have destroyed large swathes of planted crops in some parts of the southern... Read More
Press coverage of a recent paper on the effects of the Wolbachia bacterium on the susceptibility of African armyworms to the SpexNPV baculovirus that is... Read More
ZIMBABWE: An armyworm outbreak has hit some parts of the country affecting hundreds of hectares of maize and pastures in Mashonaland West, Mashonaland Central, Matabeleland... Read More
ETHIOPIA: Close to 8,368ha of belg cropland was reportedly destroyed by army worms in Wolayita zone of Southern Regional State, an area that suffered from... Read More