Maize farmers across the country are worried as armyworms have built resistance to pesticides. This arises as the Agriculture Season 2024 A gains momentum -- Season A typically commences in September.
Fall armyworm is an insect pest that feeds on more than 80 crop species, causing damage to cereals such as maize, rice, sorghum, legumes, among others.
A farmers' cooperative, Twizamure Cyuve, which cultivates maize on 75 hectares in Cyuve sector, Musanze District, has also reported that their maize plantations have been attacked by fall armyworms. He said good agriculture practices are currently needed on 260,000 hectares to be planted with maize across the country, adding that those capable can also use traps of armyworms.
Rwanda is also considering using biological control agents that are insect predators, to effectively contain the fall armyworms that are ravaging maize crops across the country.
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