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. FAO’s new global initiative aims to mobilize USD 500 million over 2020–22 to take radical, direct and coordinated measures to strengthen prevention and sustainable pest control capacities at a global level.

The Global Action will massively scale up current FAO efforts against FAW thanks to multiple mechanisms that are available such as Farmer Field Schools, partnerships with research institutions and the private sector, South–South Cooperation, regional and national plant protection organizations and specific national FAW Task Forces.

The Global Action has three key objectives:

• Establish global coordination and regional collaboration on monitoring, early warning, and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of FAW.
• Reduce crop yield losses caused by FAW.
• Lower the risk of further spread of FAW to new areas.

Read the framework here

Read the implementation plan for the framework here