"Farmers should not have planted maize again after struggling with the pests for the better part of the year. Some succeeded, while others lost their entire crops.Ĭharles King, a scientist at the Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI), said in an interview at the time that planting the short-term crops gave the armyworms a longer lifespan as they found a host. The last attack was in 2020 when armyworms struck and destroyed more than 2,000 hectares of crops in the district, leading to farmers spending huge amounts of money to fight them. Three counties are often hit, but Bong has always been the hardest hit, suffering invasions multiple times.Īrmyworms are no strangers to Bong, mainly in Zota District. However, twelve of Liberia's 15 counties have experienced such worm invasion - a natural and periodic occurrence in Liberia since 2009.
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