date:Mar 29, 2017
An outbreak of the fall armyworm caterpillar in several southern African nations has raised an alarm, with the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warning they pose a huge threat to food security. Uganda was the most recent country where the pest was found.
Ugandas Agriculture Minister Vincent Ssempijja said the presence of the innocuous looking but hugely destructive brown caterpillar had been confirmed in over 20 districts of the country.
This will negatively impact on the nations foo