Cereal growers warn of maize shortage over fall armyworm

Samuel Keter, a farmer in Sabtet villege in Rongai whose 15-acre maize plantation has been adversely affected by fall army worms. [Photo By: Caroline Chebet]

The Cereal Growers Association has warned of a possible serious maize shortage in the coming months due to the army worm invasion.

The association has noted the pest is a major threat to maize production, terming it “worse than the Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease”.