Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is an invasive agricultural pest, which first hit West Africa in 2016 and quickly spread across the continent. Experts have now found that the pest’s impact on ...

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 fight against the devastating maize pest ...

Fall armyworm has spread across more than 100 countries worldwide, setting unprecedented challenges for farmers, especially in the developing world. The predator’s resilience is resulting in the ...

Almost all of Africa's maize crop is at risk from the devastating fall armyworm pest (Spodoptera frugiperda) according to new research. Scientists have highlighted how almost the entire African maize ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The invasive fall armyworm is native to the Americas and was first found in Africa in early 2016. It has since spread to nearly all of sub-Saharan ...

CABI has led the first study to explore the income and food security effects of the fall armyworm invasion on a country - revealing that in Zimbabwe smallholder maize-growing households blighted by ...

A review suggests that the parasitoid Eiphosoma laphygmae is likely to be the best classical biological control from the Americas against the devastating fall armyworm pest. A review, conducted by ...

HARARE(Reuters) - Like some of its neighbours, Zimbabwe is fighting an outbreak of fall armyworms that threatens to cause extensive damage to the maize crop that was decimated by drought last year, an ...

The fight against highly invasive fall armyworm is estimated to cost Sh1 billion, a joint meeting convened by the National Assembly Committee on Agriculture and Irrigation and the Ministry of ...

Across the Northeast, Midwest, South and Southwest United States, homeowners are watching with horror as their lawns turn from green to brown, sometimes in less than 48 hours, and wondering, “What ...

Infestation of the fall armyworm (FAW), a destructive pest, has been reported in several parts of Himachal Pradesh, posing a serious threat to maize crops and causing concern among farmers across ...