Digital solutions to help tackle Fall Armyworm in South Africa (FAO)
A new app developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) helps South African farmers track the Fall Armyworm outbreak... Read More
Virus That Fights Fall Armyworm to Be Deployed Across Africa (Bloomberg Quint)
An agreement has been signed to try and fight the fall armyworm, a pest that’s devouring crops across Africa, by infecting the... Read More
Latest Armyworm Forecast from ETOP (August 2020)
Synopsis Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) (FAW): FAW was reported in Tanzania and it is likely the pest was present in other maize... Read More
Armyworm infestation breaches the Pacific (reliefweb)
The recent spread of *Spodoptera frugiperda, *or Fall Armyworm (FAW), in Papua New Guinea’s Western Province is causing concern in the Pacific... Read More
Latest Armyworm Forecast from ETOP (July 2020)
Synopsis Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) (FAW): FAW was reported in Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It may have also persisted in other... Read More
IPM promising for control of FAW
Reseach using pheromone traps, natural enemies and neem oil to control fall armyworm has shown promising results, with a significant reduction in... Read More
New Study Reveals Natural Enemies of Fall Armyworm in Both Asia and Africa (Entomology Today)
The fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is a resilient pest that has wreaked havoc throughout Africa and Asia in recent years, despite persistent... Read More
Managing the Invasive Fall Armyworm through Biotech Crops: A Chinese Perspective (Trends in Biotechnology)
In late 2018, the highly destructive and polyphagous fall armyworm was first detected in China. It is now a major economic threat... Read More
Project to combat fall armyworm in Australia and South East Asia (Mirage News)
Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, is leading a research project to understand and manage fall armyworm (FAW), a transboundary pest threatening crop... Read More
The Global Action for Fall Armyworm Control: Action framework 2020 | 2022 – Working together to tame the global threat (FAO)
FAO has developed a new three-year Global Action for Fall Armyworm Control to ensure a strong coordinated approach at country, regional and global levels.... Read More