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Invasive species in Africa
May 25 , 2021
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- Recent study shows that, Invasive species are costing African agriculture about $3.66 trillion per year.
- It equals to 1.5 times of the combined gross domestic product of all African countries.
- It was found that, a moth known as Phthorimaea absoluta caused most of the losses.
- This moth affects tomato plants and incur an estimated cost of $11.4 billion each year.
- Other insects inflict about $21.5 billion worth of crop losses per year to mango, maize, cassava and citrus crops.
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