23 April 2020
Fall armyworm (FAW) is a devastating insect that feeds on more than 80 crops but prefers maize. FAW spread quickly across the African continent, threatening food security in...
22 April 2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has supplied thousands of pheromone traps to farmers in Bangladesh to support them in the battle against fall...
15 April 2020
In the maize fields of rural Malawi’s central Salima district, a high-level Norwegian delegation watches as local smallholders – both women and men – at a Farmer Field...
01 April 2020
Os agentes utilizados para controle biológico de pragas agrícolas são vários. Muitos deles já são disponíveis em fábricas comerciais. Tais agentes são úteis para reduzir o nível populacional...
27 February 2020
Tools are available to wrestle Fall Armyworm, a voracious invasive species that is ravaging crops in Africa, Asia and the Near East, and it is imperative to intensify coordination to...
04 December 2019
FAO launched today a three-year Global Action for Fall Armyworm Control to scale up efforts to curb the growing spread of the invasive pest which is...