XAG's precision UAS spraying solution can suppress the encroachment of fall armyworm through large-scale emergency action involving minimal physical labour.

First found in the Americas, fall armyworm has spread through Africa and Asia since 2016, flying up to 100 km (60 miles) a night.

The District Agricultural Coordinator in the North East district, Mr Nkaigwa Joel said the media engagement was part of government efforts to manage the Fall armyworm.

The fall armyworm first made its way to Africa in 2016 on a ship or plane, according to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).

'In view of the continuous and rapid spread of fall armyworm in our neighboring countries and since the Philippine climatic conditions is conducive to the preference of the devastating pest, you are hereby advised to alert your staff to engage in pest surveillance,' the memo read.

The objective of the project is to contribute to the protection of livelihoods and food security of the agricultural farmers, agri-entrepreneurs and contract growers, who are living in FAW affected areas and developing capacities of main stakeholders in awareness, surveillance, monitoring and integrated management of the Fall Armyworm (FAW).

These include identifying natural enemies of the Fall Armyworm, enhancing natural biological controls and mechanical controls, such as crushing egg masses and employing the use of biopesticides.

Fall Armyworm (FAW) was first detected in India in July 2018 and by January of this year, it had spread to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and China's Yunnan Province.

ISLAMABAD -- The InternatiAonal Maize and Wheat ImproAvement Centre (CIMMYT) has cautioned Pakistan to take steps to protect its crops from the 'fall armyworm' (FAW), a devastating pest that has been identified for the first time on the Indian subcontinent.

Evogene announced that an external laboratory and in-house testing had confirmed that leading Evogene insect control genes demonstrated efficacy against insects with resistance to current commercial insect control products, including fall armyworm and diamondback moth.

15 (Petra) -- Fall Armyworm could threaten the food security and livelihoods of millions of small-scale farmers in Asia as the pest is likely to spread further from India, with South East Asia and South China most at risk, FAO late Tuesday said.

According to a story we have carried in our centre pages today, the spraying exercise, Code-named 'Kick Fall Armyworm Out', is currently going on in maize-growing districts of the Upper East, Upper West, Northern, Brong Ahafo, Ashanti, and Eastern regions.

Koroma reiterated that FAO will not relent in her effort to fight the war against fall armyworm in order to achieve the aim of attaining zero hunger and improving the livelihood of farmers and people of Nigeria.

That's because the caterpillar munching its way through Abdu's two-hectare farmland was the fall armyworm, a voracious crop pest that is native to the Americas but is a new arrival on the African continent.