Scientists tackle deadly fall armyworm infestation devastating maize in southern Africa
From CIMMYT, by Brenda Wawa / February 23, 2017 “Smallholder farmers in eastern and southern Africa are facing a new threat as a plague of intrepid fall armyworms creeps across the region, so far damaging an estimated 287,000 hectares of maize. Since mid-2016, scientists with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and national […]