The UN Food and Agricultural Organisation on Tuesday called for urgent action against a pest devastating maize fields in Africa, saying it risked spreading to a growing number of countries.
The presence of the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) has so far been reported or confirmed in Zimbabwe,
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