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Support to Enhance National Capacity for the Management of Fall Armyworm (FAW) in Uganda - TCP/UGA/3605

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 9

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda, J.E Smith) is a pest of maize and other crops that has recently become an invasive species in West, Central and Southern Africa, with outbreaks being recorded for the first time in 2016. In Uganda, MAAIF first received reports of an unknown pest on 40 percent of maize crops in three districts in July 2016. Identified as FAW by the National Agriculture Research Organization (NARO), by August 2017 the pest had been reported in all 115 districts of Uganda. Given the importance of crop production to household food and nutrition security, the spread of the pest is a major concern in the country, where maize is the third most important food crop in terms of production, with 4 million tonnes produced by about 3.6 million farmers. Concerted efforts are required to reduce the impact of FAW on maize production in the country in order to ensure food and nutrition security and better livelihoods. The project was designed to contribute to protecting the livelihoods and food security of populations living in FAW-affected areas and to develop the capacities of the main stakeholders in the surveillance, monitoring and management of FAW.

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