Red palm weevil a global threat after spreading to 60 countries -UN

Red palm weevil PHOTO:COURTESY

Agricultural ministers have agreed on a plan to fight the red palm weevil, which ravages coconut, date and oil palms, experts have said, describing it as "a global threat".

 The strategy includes greater involvement of farmers in combating the weevil, improved pest monitoring and a proposed ban on the import of palms larger than 6cm wide from infested countries.