In the Northern Region about 1,083 hectares of farmlands have been affected by the fall armyworm that was detected in Ghana late last year.

Currently, the region trails beind the Brong Ahafo Region in the number of hectares attacked by the fall armyworm with over 2,765 out of a total of 18,000 hectare of farmlands nationwide.

Dr Roger Kanton, the Deputy Director of CSIR- Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) at a sensitization program organized by Savanna Agriculture Research Institute (SARI) with support from USAID and Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa disclosed that the fall armyworm first was detected in the Yilo Krobo District in the Eastern Region but has since spread to all the 10 regions.

Dr Abudulai Mumuni, Head of Crop Protection at CSIR-SARI advised farmers to work hard and be side by side of the features of the pest to avoid large destruction in the future.

Meanwhile he believes the importation of seeds from different parts of the world into the country is to blame for the threat of fall army worm invasion in Ghana which is wreaking havoc to farmlands.

Principal agronomist and Deputy Director of Center for scientific and industrial research of the Savannah Research Institute (SRI), Tamale Dr. Roger Kanton has advocated to gov’t to de-emphasize and discourage the system of importing seeds for use for farmers from outside Ghana.

He added, “Relying on others for seeds is a way of killing farming in order to make others dependent on them for everything which is not good for the country. As a country, we should be able to come up with our own seeds for our farmers”.

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