China’s northeast cornbelt likely to be hit by fall armyworm in 2020: government report (Reuters)
China warned earlier this week that a destructive pest that has threatened the country’s grain output is expected to hit more crops... Read More
After maize, castor crop affected by pest attack in Perambalur (The New Indian Express)
Farmers are worried over pest attacks on castor crop. They said that they were devastated because many shifted from maize to castor due... Read More
FAO helps Sri Lanka fight spread of Fall Armyworm (Colombo Gazette)
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) FAO is providing funding and technical assistance to the Department of Agriculture... Read More
Zimbabwe: African Armyworm Hits Mashonaland Provinces (All Africa)
Farmers in Mashonaland Central and Mashonaland West provinces have been urged to be on the lookout for an African Army-worm outbreak following... Read More
Latest Armyworm Forecast from ETOP (November 2019)
Synopsis Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) (FAW): FAW infestations were reported in Ethiopia, eastern Kenya and Uganda and likely persisted in rainfed/irrigated areas... Read More
Study finds wasp can reduce fall armyworm leaf consumption rate by up to 89 percent (eagle online)
In a recently published study led by Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), researchers assessed, under lab conditions, the effect of... Read More
Ugandan developers create app to spot fall armyworm damage in maize (The Herald)
Ugandan developers have come up with an agriculture app that can easily help millions of smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe and across the... Read More
App developers in Uganda use TensorFlow to spot armyworm damage in maize (VB The Machine)
Fall armyworm, the larval life stage of a fall armyworm moth, impacts maize crops worldwide but particularly in countries like Uganda, where... Read More
Fall Armyworm controlled in Odisha (DownToEarth)
Proper precaution and timely management by the state agriculture department and awareness among farmers have succeeded in thwarting an attack by the... Read More
Latest Armyworm Forecast from ETOP (October 2019)
Synopsis Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) (FAW): FAW infestations were reported in irrigated maize in Malawi and Zimbabwe and the pest is expected... Read More