Rwanda is using Pyretrum EWC+ pesticide produced by Sopyrwa, a Ministry of Defence affiliated company to cantain the fall armyworm; it was airlifted to different parts of the country. PHOTO |CYRIL NDEGEYA
Rwanda faces hunger in coming months after an attack of the fall armyworm caught the country off guard, ravaging hectares of crops in the eastern, northern and western parts of the country.
Thousands of fall armyworm pests attacked crops last week causing massive losses to maize and sorghum farmers countrywide.