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Introduction

The fall armyworm is an insect that can cause significant damage to crops, especially maize. This collection showcases information about risk assessment, crop variations, integrated pest management, and biological control methods.

Knowledge base

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Giving farmers certainty to tackle a crop-eating pest

The University of Queensland is working with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) to develop guidelines to help Australian grain growers decide when and how to treat fall armyworm (FAW) to save their crops and finances.

University of Queensland
Armyworm feeding on a corn plant
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New ehub helps keep track of fall armyworm

AgForce is encouraging growers dealing with fall armyworm to access the latest online resources using the new FAW ehub.

AgForce
Armyworm feeding on a corn plant
Research briefs
How “push-pull” companion crops help manage the devastating fall armyworm pest

Adopting a novel planting technique known as “push-pull farming” can help massively reduce crop losses to pests and improve food security in sub-Saharan Africa, new research has found.

Keele University
Fall armyworm larva
Research briefs
CABI-led study creates first forecasting models targeting Fall Armyworm larval stages for Africa to help fight against devastating pest

A CABI-led study has developed the first forecasting models targeting the larval stages of fall armyworm– using near real-time earth observation data and pest occurrence within a farmer's field, the models will assist in the fight against the pest.

CAB International
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Sustainable control of Fall Armyworm lies in using integrated pest management

Maize remains a crucial part of the food security equation in Southern Africa and other sub-regions on the continent for both human and animal consumption. Close to 90 percent of approximately 347 million people in Southern Africa are dependent on maize

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Headquarters
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Documents and publications
Prevention, preparedness and response guidelines for Spodoptera frugiperda

The aim of these guidelines is to help national plant protection organizations (NPPOs) to take suitable actions at the proper time against Fall Armyworm (FAW) through timely detection to prevent or slow the spread of the pest and reduce its negative impact.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Headquarters
CABI
Research briefs
Households in Zimbabwe affected by fall armyworm are 12% more likely to experience hunger

CABI led the study exploring the income and food security effects of the fall armyworm in Zimbabwe, where affected households are 12% more likely to experience hunger.

CAB International
EurekAlert
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Could this white fungus stop the march of the pest fall armyworm in its tracks?

Wrapped in fungus, these fall armyworms look like they have been dipped in white. But the white coating is a pathogenic fungus that eats the worm from the inside out.

ABC News
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‘No support’ from agri dept as fall armyworm destroys maize fields

Fall armyworms arrived in Bangladesh in 2018 after ravaging Sub-Saharan Africa; 2019 brings an intense attack as pesticides fail to take effect.

The Daily Prothom Alo
Documents and publications
Telenomus remus, a Candidate Parasitoid for the biological control of spodoptera frugiperda in Africa, is already present on the continent

The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, a moth originating from tropical and subtropical America, has recently become a serious pest of cereals in sub-Saharan Africa. Biological control offers an economically and environmentally safer alternative to

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

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