Farmers Organisation Limited (FOL) has announced the introduction of six new pesticides which has replaced the popular ones called Chlordane, which is no longer on the market, have been approved and certified to deal with the strenuous pest. The announcement was made on Wednesday during a news conference at the FOL Head Offices in Blantyre. Among […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) Member of Parliament (MP) for Balaka North Constituency Lucius Banda has called upon the Peter Mutharika led government to find a lasting solution to the problem of Fall Army Worms which keeps on destroying thousands of hectares of maize in various fields across the country every year and weayer-induced droughts. Banda […]
Over 4000 hectares of maize field has been affected by fall army worms in Balaka with 39 percent of the crop heavily damaged, the District’s Agriculture Development Office (DADO) has disclosed. The officer responsible Denis Zingeni said this Friday when he briefed members of Balaka District Civil Protection Committee (DCPC) about the state of affairs […]
The cost of fighting the current fall of army worms whch destroyed the crops of nearly 140,000 farming families since the start of November has been estimated at K9 billion. And President Peter Mutharika has since declared the country a state of disaster and is seeking international help to contain the outbreak, as it is a […]
President Peter Mutharika has declared 20 districts that were affected by crop-munching armyworms as disaster areas. Malawi’s maize crop, the staple grain for the impoverished nation, has been devastated by the pest which has infested 35,870 hectares, or 50.3 percent. In a statement released by press secretary and presidential spokesman Mgeme Kalilani, Mutharika has assured […]
In January this year, Brighton Zimba, a farmer from Chipala Extension Planning Area (EPA) in Kasungu, noticed some pests chewing up his healthy maize. Zimba had no idea what the wormy pests were, but their raid greatly reduced his yield which has been on the wane for years. “We usually have familiar pests like stalk […]
Irrigation farmers in Zomba have expressed concern over the attack of Fall Army worms on their crops affecting approximately 143 hectares of land. Malawi News Agency’s (MANA) random survey in four Extension Planning Areas (EPAs) of Malosa, Chingale, Thondwe and Masaula revealed that farmers are uprooting their maize just weeks after germination because of the […]