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Experts call for multi-pronged approach to fight fall armyworm in Africa



Rwanda Defence Force have been instrumental in the fight against the destructive fall armyworm. (Photo: NYT/File)

Scientists have called for quick, multi-institutional collaboration and coordinated action against the fall armyworm that has ravaged maize to avoid economic hardship for smallholders in the region and across Africa generally.

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