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Farmers in Zimbabwe are facing a spike in an invasive caterpillar, the fall armyworm. The species surges in dry conditions, and Zimbabwe is emerging from a drought. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Christian Thierfelder, a Principal Cropping Systems agronomist in Harare, about how climate change is encouraging the species’ spread.