THE Ministry of Agriculture has revealed that fall armyworms have affected six provinces, according to reports received so far. In an interview, Monday, Ministry of Agriculture Department of Agriculture Director Dr Chizumba Shepande said the ministry was still gathering information to quantify the affected hectarage. “What we are doing now is that we are collecting information from all places across the provinces from our provincial agriculture coordinators. The information we have now is still scattered around but we have received reports of attacks in Lusaka province, Central, North-Western, Copperbelt, parts of Eastern and Southern Provinces. We are still collecting the information around so that we can get the quantification in terms of hectarage that is under attack. But as of...

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