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Relief Web https://reliefweb.int/report/world/fight-against-fall-armyworm-good-progress-more-efforts-needed

FAO Director-General reviews action to tackle the destructive pest

Rome, 16 April 2021 – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture …

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SciDevNet https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/news/fall-armyworm-worsens-hunger-among-smallholders/

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  • Fall armyworm destroys maize worth almost US$5 billion annually in 12 African countries
  • In a Zimbabwe study, the pest increased …
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KBC https://www.kbc.co.ke/icipe-researchers-make-breakthrough-in-fall-armyworm-control/ BY:Margaret Kalekye Fall Armyworm (FAW) or Spodoptera frugiperda , is an invasive pest that is wreaking havoc in Kenya and many other parts of the world, causing …

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Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2021-02-safer-options-fall-armyworm-africa.html

Indeed, the review, published in the Journal of Applied Entomology, includes many biocontrol products which are now featured in the CABI BioProtection Portal—a free …

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ABC Rural https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2021-02-04/fall-armyworm-fungus-in-fight-biological-control/13112420

By Amy Phillips and Jodie Gunders

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  • Fall armyworm is known to feed on up to 350 plant species, including maize, sorghum and rice …
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FAO/IPPC https://www.ippc.int/en/news/the-faoippc-fall-armyworm-technical-working-group-successfully-conclude-its-3rd-virtual-meeting/

Rome, 16 September 2020 – The FAO/IPPC Fall Armyworm (FAW) Technical Working Group of Quarantine and …

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Genetic Literacy Project https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/09/25/self-limiting-friendly-technology-offers-hope-for-controlling-fall-armyworm-without-pesticides/

By Mark Lynas | Cornell Alliance for Science Oxitec, the Oxford University …

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Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2020-06-reallocation-subsidies-biocontrols-fall-armyworm.html

by CABI

A new CABI-led study is calling for governments to reallocate subsidies to encourage the use of lower risk control options—such as biopesticides—in the …

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FreshPlaza https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9210577/australia-panama-disease-program-for-far-north-queensland/

The North Queensland government and the Australian Banana Growers' Council have teamed up to jointly fund and deliver a program that is …

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FreshPlaza https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9211300/australia-fall-armyworm-spreads-across-kimberley/

Fears that it will reach Western Australia regions

Western Australian growers are bracing themselves for the spread of an invasive species as the …

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