Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 5/11/18


A crop-destroying caterpillar that has devastated agriculture in Africa is poised to spread into southern Europe for the first time and could even reach Britain, experts are warning. Fall Army Worm has cost African economies billions of pounds in crop losses since the American pest was first spotted on the continent two years ago, prompting fears of a humanitarian crisis as millions of farming families face destitution and hunger. The problem has been mitigated in America because many genetically modified crop strains used there are impervious to Fall Army Worm.

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