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The 6 pests coming to eat our crops, thanks to climate change
The 6 pests coming to eat our crops, thanks to climate change
Climate change is opening up new habitats to old pests, transforming them from a mere nuisance into a growing menace. Text Size:
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Climate change is opening up new habitats to old pests, transforming them from a mere nuisance into a growing menace and placing unprecedented threats on the global food supply. Here are six bugs to keep an eye on.
Fall Armyworm
Eats: Corn, rice, sorghum, sugar cane, wheat
Native to tropical areas of the Western Hemisphere, this invasive species has spread rapidly, causing “major damage to economically important cultivated grasses,” according to CABI, the nonprofit Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International. The pest infested about 15% of Zambia’s corn crop this year. It also contributed to a 4% decline in China’s corn harvest a difference of about 11 million tons sending prices skyrocketing and forci