FAO Sub-Regional Office for Central Africa/IITA training workshop on management of the fall armyworm
FAO Sub-Regional Office for Central Africa and IITA are organizing a training workshop on management of the fall armyworm. Forty participants have been pre-selected from eight countries in Central Africa to participate in this workshop. The six-day training will cover various modules on monitoring and surveillance, biology, ecology and management of the newly introduced maize pest (Spodoptera frugiperda) in Africa, and to develop a FFS curriculum for FAW management.
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Yaoundé, Cameroon