Press Reports

SOUTH AFRICA: Emerging farmers in the OR Tambo area are concerned at the recent “unusual” outbreak of army worms which started to make their way... Read More

SOUTH AFRICA: The Honourable MEC for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR) Zoleka Capa has called for calm among farmers that are affected by the... Read More

ZAMBIA: Acute hunger has hit villagers in Nangwenya Ward in Chongwe distrct in Lusaka province …. Ms Sakala [Ward Councillor] attributed the hunger situation in... Read More

ZIMBABWE: The Department of Plant Protection Research Institute has started distributing chemicals for armyworm control ahead of the summer cropping season. The department has teams... Read More

BOTSWANA: The Ministry of Agriculture has announced the outbreak of an African Armyworm, notorious for destroying a range of grass and crops. allafrica.com

ZIMBABWE: The European Union (EU) has released $75 000 towards curbing the spread of the armyworm which has destroyed cereal crops in most parts of... Read More

Watch a video report from BBC Africa’s Mutuna Chanda on fears Zambia’s maize harvest could be decimated by an invasion of armyworms.

SOUTH AFRICA: Farmers were warned to be on the lookout for infestations of African armyworm after an outbreak of the pest in the North West,... Read More