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 CABI-led study has developed the first forecasting models targeting the larval stages of fall armyworm – using real-time earth observation data and pest occurrence within a farmers field, the models ...

Safer-to-use and more environmentally-friendly biopesticides should be preferred to fight the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) pest instead of more harmful chemical pesticides, a new CABI-led ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has intensified efforts to help Bungoma farmers combat the devastating Fall Armyworm (FAW). This is a destructive pest that has ...

Pest poses major threat to food security as harvests are no longer guaranteed. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard] Farmers in parts of Western, Rift Valley and Nyanza are staring at losses after fall armyworm ...