Scourge of African armyworm hitting rural farmers across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Ghana and Nambia
(WorldNews Africa)

NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Ramadhan Mwamwero, Tana River County Crops Officer, confirmed that farmers in the region are could experience 80 percent losses on their crop yield during the current planting season as Fall Armyworm spread rapidly. . "This is likely to be the second time in a row that crops are set to fail following the first season early this year when floods destroyed all farms in most parts of the region," Mwamwero said during a recent interview with Xinhua. He revealed that there is a likelihood of severe hunger as most farms are currently under attack by FAW. The official blamed the occurrence of pest infestation to its resistance to chemicals and effects of poverty since...