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Event:
IN Insect Infestation
Number:
2017-000019
Country:
ZMB Zambia
Location:
Southern Africa
Date (YMD):
2017-1-9
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Information Source:
FAO
Comments:
A major fall armyworm infestation has affected at least seven countries in the region. Zambia has reported that almost 90,000 hectares of maize have been affected, forcing farmers to replant their crops. In Malawi some 17,000 hectares have so far been affected while in Namibia, approximately 50,000 hectares of maize and millet has been damaged and in Zimbabwe up to 130,000 hectares could be affected thus far.
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