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The pest that's eating its way through Africa
The fall armyworm devastates maize and other crops. Science reporter Helen Briggs tells Ben Wright that in only two years, it's spread through much of sub-Saharan Africa.
(Picture: A fall armyworm attacks maize in Kenya.
Credit: AFP/Getty)
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