Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources revealed on Wednesday that it is currently treating some 18,000 hectares of maize production from the fall armyworm. Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, told Xinhua on Wednesday that the fall armyworm, which was first spotted in Ethiopia in late February last year, has currently stretched its presence into seven maize harvesting regions of the east African country. More than 130,000 hectares of land is presently covered by maize production in the seven maize producing regions of the East African country, mainly through irrigation schemes. The fall armyworm was spotted in 18,000 hectares of the total 130,000 hectares of production