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 ...

The Fall Armyworm is an insect that can damage your maize plants or even cause you to lose your whole maize crop. Fall Armyworm prefers maize but can also feed on more than 80 other crops, like wheat, ...

A new CABI-led review has highlighted mass rearing techniques, estimated costs of mass production and release strategies for the natural enemy Telenomus remus that suggests it could be effective in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The fall armyworm is an insect that can damage your maize plants or even cause you to lose your whole maize crop. Fall armyworm prefers maize but can also feed on more than 80 other crops, like wheat, ...

Kenya is stepping up efforts to control the fall armyworm (FAW), a destructive pest threatening maize and over 80 other crops. This is through a partnership with China and the Food and Agriculture ...