{"id":177464,"date":"2017-10-08T06:17:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T06:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/armyworms-destroy-crops-in-eastern-sudan\/"},"modified":"2017-10-08T06:17:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T06:17:00","slug":"armyworms-destroy-crops-in-eastern-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/armyworms-destroy-crops-in-eastern-sudan","title":{"rendered":"Armyworms destroy crops in eastern Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Farmers in eastern Sudan’s El Gedaref and Blue Nile states complain about the appearance of fall armyworms on their sorghum crops. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Farmers in the eastern region of El Gedaref said that crop-eating caterpillars known as fall armyworms entered the areas of El Fashaga and Doka from Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

One of them reported to Radio Dabanga that a research team arrived in El Gedaref to investigate the situation.<\/p>\n

In Blue Nile state, farmers reported armyworms eating their maize and sorghum crops.<\/p>\n

A federal plant protection unit conducted research in the affected areas. They concluded that the pest is difficult to control, as the number of worms multiplied six times within one week.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year<\/a>, Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia reported an invasion of fall armyworms and the destruction of large numbers of crops.<\/p>\n

Fall armyworm, the larva of night-flaying moth, is a pest indigenous to the Americas. It was first detected in Africa in early 2016.<\/p>\n

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