{"id":391903,"date":"2017-05-24T09:42:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T09:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/24\/cr-farms-under-threat-of-army-worm-invasion\/"},"modified":"2017-05-24T09:42:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T09:42:34","slug":"cr-farms-under-threat-of-army-worm-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/24\/cr-farms-under-threat-of-army-worm-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"C\/R farms under threat of army worm invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>MORE than 1,350 hectares of crops, mostly maize, have been invaded by the Fall Army Worm in the Central Region.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Regional Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), Mr Gershon Wodzrah, who announced this in Cape Coast yesterday, said the worm infestation posed a serious threat to the government\u2019s \u2018Planting for Food and Jobs\u2019 programme in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Mr Wodzrah, who was briefing a Central Regional Coordinating Council meeting, said: &#8220;The worms are dangerously attacking and chewing down the efforts of farmers.&#8221;<br \/>The meeting was to assess topical issues affecting the development of the region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Fall Army Worm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Fall Army Worm infestation, said to be alien to the African tropics, is on a rampage in all 20 districts in the Central Region attacking crops.<\/p>\n<p>The worms usually attack in the night crushing everything in its way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They hide in the day and operate at night making it difficult to control them,&#8221; the director explained.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Wodzrah further indicated that after some time the caterpillars develop into butterflies and fly into other farms where they lay new larvae and continue with their cycle of destruction.<\/p>\n<p>He, therefore, said farms of potential participants in the Planting for Food and Jobs programme, faced imminent attacks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Initiative<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So far, 3,485 persons, including 2,935 males and 550 females, have registered to be on the Planting for Food and Jobs programme.<\/p>\n<p>The MoFA has also taken delivery of about 100 tonnes of maize and 16 tonnes of rice seeds for distribution to farmers for the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>According to the director, since &#8220;the worms mostly attack cereals, it will be the greatest threat to the success of the programme\u201d. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Spraying<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr Wodzrah said the ministry has procured inputs for spraying of the affected farms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have received chemicals for spraying and we are hopeful the outbreak would be controlled,&#8221; he gave an assurance.<\/p>\n<p>He called on metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies to, as a matter of urgency, set up spraying gangs to spray the farms to help control the spread of the pest to other farms.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Regional Minister, Mr Kwamina Duncan, expressed the hope that the situation would be brought under control.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t              <!-- new position --><br \/>\n          <!-- new position end -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MORE than 1,350 hectares of crops, mostly maize, have been invaded by the Fall Army Worm in the Central Region. 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