Zambia Battles Armyworms That Are Decimating Corn Fields
- Pests have wiped out entire corn fields since last month
- President Lungu brings in airforce to help transport chemicals
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Zambia must intensify its fight against an outbreak of armyworms that’s wiping out fields of the staple corn crop, posing a threat to the southern African nation’s food security, Vice President Inonge Wina said.
“They are posing a big threat to food security in the country,” she said in remarks broadcast Monday on Hot FM radio in Lusaka, the capital. “They have come with such a force of mass destruction that has to be faced head on. We need to put more effort into eradicating the worms.”