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Nov
Latest African Armyworm Forecast from ETOP – 6th Nov 2014
SYNOPSIS: No outbreaks reported during this period; new outbreaks expected when the rains begin in southern outbreak areas at the foothills of the seasonal rains.
CURRENT SITUATION: African armyworm outbreaks were not reported in October in the primary breeding areas (DLCO-EA, IRLCO-CSA).
FORECAST UNTIL MID-DEC 2014: The African armyworm season will commence in the southern outbreak areas during the forecast period. Forecasters in the southern outbreak region are advised to remain vigilant and service their traps and rain gages. Armyworm activities are not expected in the central or northern outbreak and invasion countries during the forecast period (IRLCO-CSA, OFDA/AELGA).