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
Can TELA maize solve the acute food shortages in sub-Saharan Africa? (Cornell Alliance for Science)
Sub-Saharan Africa remains the most food-insecure region in the world, with an estimated 237 million throughout the region suffering from chronic undernutrition. Frequent... Read More
Thailand’s swift response to the ‘fall armyworm’ pest (The Thaiger)
In Thailand, corn is an indispensable staple crop, used as an important source of feed for a thriving poultry and livestock industry.... Read More
DA-Davao warns vs invasive pest from South America (Minda News)
The Department of Agriculture (DA)-Davao Region has expressed fears a species of a pest attacking some tropical and subtropical parts of South... Read More
Armyworms attack corn farms in Negros, Cagayan Valley (Inquirer.net)
Fall armyworms have been wreaking havoc on corn farms in Negros Occidental province in the Visayas and Cagayan and Isabela provinces in... Read More
Maize-eater worm attacks cotton crop (The Times of India)
NAGPUR: Fall armyworm (FAW), the pest that has devastated maize crop across the country, has migrated to Bt cotton crop for the... Read More
XAG Introduces Drone Technology to Combat Fall Armyworm (Financial News)
China-based XAG has announced it has introduced automous drones to improve pest control efficacy against disease caused by fall armyworms, the company... Read More
Latest Armyworm Forecast from ETOP (July 2019)
Synopsis Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) (FAW): FAW was reported in maize fields in several countries in eastern, southern and western Africa, Asia... Read More