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: 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
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: 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
SOUTHERN AFRICA: A plague of armyworms is threatening food security in southern Africa following invasion of crop fields in countries like Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and... Read More