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 ...

Safer-to-use and more environmentally-friendly biopesticides should be preferred to fight the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) pest instead of more harmful chemical pesticides, a new CABI-led ...

Samuel Keter, a farmer in Sabtet villege in Rongai whose 15-acre maize plantation has been adversely affected by fall army worms. [Photo By: Caroline Chebet] The Cereal Growers Association has warned ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new CABI-led review has highlighted mass rearing techniques, estimated costs of mass production and release strategies for the natural enemy Telenomus remus that suggests it could be effective in ...

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 ...

The fall armyworm is an insect that can damage your maize plants or even cause you to lose your whole maize crop. Fall armyworm prefers maize but can also feed on more than 80 other crops, like wheat, ...

A CABI-led study has revealed that participation in the Zambia Farmer Input Subsidy Program (FISP)—particularly the flexible e-voucher system—encourages synthetic pesticide use at the expense of ...