Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 ONLY 10 percent of the country’s 190,000 maize farming hectares were attacked by the ravaging armyworms, forcing farmers to replant but the pest has been contained, Ministry of Agriculture director Peter Lungu has announced. Mr Lungu said most of the maize fields that were affected had recovered from the attack and if the rains continued, a good harvest was expected because the attack came at the early stage of the maize growth. Mr Lungu said currently there were new reports of the armyworms in all the provinces but that the ministry had continued to send pesticides, especially to the small scale farmers who were not able to purchase the chemicals to ensure that there was no reoccurrence. He said that early maturing seed was re-distributed to farmers who needed re-planting and as such there would not be any delay in the harvest of the crop. Mr Lungu said the […]
