Food security at risk as dreaded pest slips into African countries
Armyworms devour grass at a farm in Ngechek, Mosoriot in Nandi County in May last year. Researchers tracking the crop-destroying caterpillar say it is now spreading rapidly across mainland Africa and could reach tropical Asia and the Mediterranean in the next few years, threatening agricultural trade. PHOTO| FILE| NATION MEDIA GROUP
Scientists are calling for urgent action to contain the spread of a pest that is destroying maize crops and spreading rapidly across Africa.
Researchers tracking a crop-destroying caterpillar known as the fall armyworm say it is now spreading rapidly across mainland Africa and could reach tropical Asia and the Mediterranean in the next few years, threatening agricultural trade.
