Ugandan Farmers Use Mobile Application to Fight Fall Armyworm
554 views · Published 15 August 2018 · 2:02 · Indexed 26 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2018 · News & Politics
Ugandan farmers are joining their counterparts in Sub-Saharan Africa to develop a method of early detection of the fall armyworm – an invasive pest that originated in the Americas but since 2016 has devastated crops in Africa. A new mobile application, the fall armyworm Monitoring and Early Warning System, may help farmers defeat the destructive larvae, as Halima Athumani reports from Mukono, Uganda. Originally published at - https://www.voanews.com/a/4529235.html
