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A mobile app and a global platform for managing Fall Armyworm









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    FAO Global Symposium on Sustainable Fall Armyworm Management
    Charting a global response to future invasive pests
    2024
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    The fall armyworm (FAW), which originated in the Americas, has invaded more than 80 countries in Africa, the Near East, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe. It reduces maize yields byup to 73 percent and inflicts economic losses worth USD 9.4 billion in Africa alone. To address these challenges, Director-General Qu Dongyu launched the Global Action on FallArmyworm Control in 2019 to coordinate efforts while adopting an integrated pest management (IPM) approach. Since then, FAO has been working with stakeholders andpartners through this programme to reach impact on a scale – at global, regional and national levels. Outcomes were showcased at the FAO Global Symposiumon Sustainable Fall Armyworm Management held in Beijing, China, from 31 October to 2 November 2023. The symposium focused on “Charting a global response tofuture invasive pests” and brought together more than 40 speakers and 200 worldwide participants. They shared their best practices and exchanged valuable knowledge,drawing lessons from the past and laying a robust foundation for the active prevention and sustainable response to future biological invasions. These proceedings reflect this symposium.
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    Community-based fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) monitoring, early warning and management
    Training of trainers manual
    2019
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    Fall Armyworm (FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda) was first reported in Africa in 2016. Since then, it has become a very destructive invasive pest in sub-Saharan Africa. Its main impact is on maize crops and affects different stages of growth, from early vegetative to physiological maturity. In several countries affected by FAW attack, farmer responses have been predominantly based on the use of chemical pesticides. It is important to ensure the safe use of such pesticides by farmers, but also to promote and deploy an integrated pest management (IPM) package against FAW. Farmers need the right advice, tools and resources to sustainably manage FAW. This manual provides farmers and extension service providers easy-to-use information on how they can manage FAW in smallholder cropping systems. It provides information about modules for training trainers in FAW pest diagnostics, scouting, management and data collection. The objective of this training is to provide trainers and farmers with the knowledge and skills that will enable them to identify FAW and differentiate it from other similar pests; understand the life cycle of FAW; and, know how to monitor and manage the pest. This manual gives trainers the information they need in order to support and sustain an IPM approach for FAW management in their communities. The manual is modular and allows for updates in the future as more knowledge and solutions to manage FAW become available.
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    A mobile app and a global platform for managing fall armyworm
    Guidance note 10
    2020
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    Fall Armyworm (FAW) is a dangerous transboundary insect native to tropical and subtropical regions of America that now has spread to most African countries and Asia, threatening food security and livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers. To respond to this global threat, FAO has developed a Fall Armyworm Monitoring and Early Warning System (FAMEWS), which is a tool used to monitor FAW regularly for understanding pest behaviour, ecology and movement. FAMEWS supports decision-making based on evidence data collected for sustainable management of the pest. FAMEWS provides information to all levels, including government, international organizations, NGOs, researchers and farmers.

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