{"id":668045,"date":"2019-07-30T18:12:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T18:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>Fall armyworm in some farms at Nakpanduri<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several farmlands at Nakpanduri in\nthe North East Region have been infested by fall army worms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farmers in the affected areas are\nlamenting the absence of adequ"},"modified":"2019-07-30T18:12:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T18:12:58","slug":"fall-armyworms-march-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/30\/fall-armyworms-march-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Armyworms March On &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Fall armyworm in some farms at Nakpanduri<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several farmlands at Nakpanduri in<br \/>\nthe North East Region have been infested by fall army worms.<\/p>\n<p>Farmers in the affected areas are<br \/>\nlamenting the absence of adequate chemicals to stop the onslaught of the pests.<\/p>\n<p>According to the farmers, they have<br \/>\nbeen compelled to use alternative means such as hand picking, mixture of<br \/>\npepper, omo, dry battery liquid to manage the situation.<\/p>\n<p>A visit by <strong><em>DAILY GUIDE<\/em><\/strong> to Duut<br \/>\nAbdulai Gariba\u2019s farm in Nakpanduri revealed that his five acre maize farm had<br \/>\nbeen destroyed by the fall army worms.<\/p>\n<p>He lamented about the investment he<br \/>\ninjected into the farm hoping to get a bumper harvest which would be used to<br \/>\npay his school fees and also take care of his family but the farm has been destroyed<br \/>\nby the fall armyworm.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If we are not lucky, this year we<br \/>\nmight not get a bumper harvest due to the invasion of the fall armyworm.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Mr.Gariba said the farm is the only<br \/>\nsource of income for his family adding that he might not farm next farming season<br \/>\nbecause no income will be realized from this farming season.<\/p>\n<p>He appealed to the Ministry of Food<br \/>\nand Agriculture (MoFA) and other institutions to come to the aid of farmers in<br \/>\nthe area with chemicals to fight the fall armyworms.<\/p>\n<p>The fall armyworm which was detected<br \/>\nin West Africa in 2016 has destroyed thousands of hectors of farmlands.<\/p>\n<p>The fall armyworm has appetite for<br \/>\nconsuming maize, cereals, and leafy vegetables.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Bunkpurugu-Nakpanduri MoFA<br \/>\nDirector, Mr. Suwale Abukari confirmed to <strong><em>DAILY GUIDE<\/em><\/strong> that the fall armyworm<br \/>\nhas resurfaced in the district but was quick to add that some chemicals have<br \/>\nbeen distributed to farmers in the district.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Abukari hinted that they have run<br \/>\nshort chemicals in the district to supply to farmers.<\/p>\n<p>He admitted that the chemicals<br \/>\nreceived in the district were not enough to be distributed to every farmer in<br \/>\nthe area.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We have made another request for<br \/>\nmore chemicals because looking at what was brought was not sufficient.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the district agric<br \/>\noffices have embarked on a sensitization tour to educate farms about how to<br \/>\ntackle the fall armyworm issue.<\/p>\n<p>He urged farmers to desist from using<br \/>\nunapproved methods to fight the fall armyworm adding that it could affect the<br \/>\nplant development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FROM Eric Kombat, Nakpanduri<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fall armyworm in some farms at Nakpanduri Several farmlands at Nakpanduri in the North East Region have been infested by fall army worms. 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