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Somalia, one of several African nations being hit hard by enormous swarms of locusts, is planning to control them with a …
UN agronomy experts: The locusts that are currently still baby desert locusts in Somalia will become East Africa's next plague …
Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2020-01-net-viable-biological-options-fall.html
by CABI
The 'net' is closing in on more viable biological control agents to fight the scourge of the fall armyworm (FAW) pest which is already wreaking havoc in most …
ReliefWeb https://reliefweb.int/report/world/fao-scales-fight-against-fall-armyworm
FAO launched today a three-year Global Action for Fall Armyworm Control to scale up efforts …
ReliefWeb https://reliefweb.int/report/world/fao-launches-2020-un-s-international-year-plant-health
Plants make up 80 percent of our food but are under constant and increasing …
Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2019-11-minimizing-post-harvest-food-losses.html
by Graz University of Technology The crops have been harvested. Now it is important to store the various crops well and to preserve them as long and as carefully as …
FreshPlaza https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9150426/the-un-launches-emergency-project-to-help-fight-tr4/
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched an emergency project under its Technical Cooperation Program to …
Reliefweb https://reliefweb.int/report/world/consultative-meeting-fall-armyworm-asia-meeting-report
You may recall that John Wightman gave us his impressions on this meeting a few weeks ago. FAO have now issued the official report
A note from John Wightman
There are 5 FAO position papers that are mainly for Africa but fill out the brief report I sent you. They do show pictures of FAW which tell you that the caterpillar are like muddy coloured S. litura and that the moths have …