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Crop munching pest in Africa raises hunger threat [1]

A crop munching worm that can fly up to 100 km (60 miles) at night is spreading rapidly across Africa, threatening food production and the livelihoods of millions of farmers already struggling with

Publication Date: 
29/01/2018
Reuters (Africa) [2]
Tags:
Agriculture [3], Crop Pests [4], Food Security [5], FAO [6], Maize [7], Rice [8], Sorghum [9], Africa [10]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/reuters-africa
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crop-pests
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fao
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maize
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sorghum
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa