Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is an invasive agricultural pest, which first hit West Africa in 2016 and quickly spread across the continent. Experts have now found that the pest’s impact on ...

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A multi-channel approach to extension reaps greater benefits for smallholder farmers fighting the fall armyworm pest in Eastern Rwanda according to new CABI-led research published in the journal Food ...

A new study published in the journal CABI Reviews highlights the critical role that integrated pest management (IPM) plays in combatting the threat fall armyworm poses to Asian rice security. Asian ...

Almost all of Africa's maize crop is at risk from the devastating fall armyworm pest (Spodoptera frugiperda) according to new research. Scientists have highlighted how almost the entire African maize ...

A new partnership in South Sudan is combatting Fall Armyworm, an insect that can cause significant damage to crops, including maize and sorghum. With more than half of South Sudan’s current population ...

A review suggests that the parasitoid Eiphosoma laphygmae is likely to be the best classical biological control from the Americas against the devastating fall armyworm pest. A review, conducted by ...

In 2019, Christophe Rwisumbura, a farmer from Nasho Sector in Nyagatare District, lost 65 per cent of his maize harvest, estimated at around seven tonnes , due to fall armyworms that had broken out ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has intensified efforts to help Bungoma farmers combat the devastating Fall Armyworm (FAW). This is a destructive pest that has ...

A review, conducted by CABI scientist Dr Marc Kenis suggests that the parasitoid Eiphosoma laphygmae is likely to be the best classical biological control from the Americas against the devastating ...