Posted on March, 10, 2022 at 10:12 am
Tanzania's Ministry of Agriculture announced on Wednesday that it has released 100,000 liters of insecticides to eliminate fall armyworms that have invaded food and cash crops farms in 39 districts in the country.
Hussein Bashe, the Minister for Agriculture, said the insecticides will be given to farmers free of charge in a move aimed at encouraging them to eliminate the destructive insects.
Bashe announced the release of the 100,000 liters of insecticides when he inspected part of 70,000 hectares of maize that have been invaded by the fall armyworms in Chamwino district in Dodoma region.
He urged district executive directors and agricultural officers in the 39 districts that have been invaded by the fall armyworms to ensure that the released insecticides reached farmers who are desperate to save their farm crops.
On Feb. 27, Tanzanian local media reported the destruction 12,000 hectares of food and cash crops in Tanzania's southern region of Lindi.
In addition, the fall armyworms destroyed 4,976 hectares of paddy and 228 hectares of maize in 12 wards in Kilombero district, located in eastern Tanzania.
Source: Xinhua