President Edgar Lungu has directed the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit to join the Ministry of Agriculture in an emergency operation to curb the spread of army worms that have invaded some districts on the Copperbelt, Luapula and Central Provinces.The Zambia Air Force has since began to airlift chemicals to the affected areas.
The District Agriculture Coordinators for Lusaka, Luapula and North Western Provinces have already collected the chemicals.The DMMU and Ministry of Agriculture will be doing random checks across the country on Thursday to ensure that the emergency operation of spraying was going on as directed.
The President is concerned that if the outbreak of the worms is not controlled speedily, the crop yield for 2016/2017 may negatively be affected.
This is according a statement made available to Muvi TV news by Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda.
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