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Feed the Future Tools to Combat Fall Armyworm in Africa

Agrilinks Team

Aug 14, 2018

Fall Armyworm (FAW) is an invasive and damaging pest endemic to the Americas that is spreading across Africa, particularly targeting maize, a vital staple crop. FAW will have long-term effects on crop yields, food supplies, livelihoods, trade, and threaten the resilience of chronically vulnerable populations. The  impact of FAW highlights a fundamental challenge smallholder farmers face—limited access to information, tools, technologies and management practices—and the need for systems that effectively respond to emerging transboundary threats.

Feed the Future strengthens the capacity of African communities, institutions and governments to manage FAW through a range of sustainable and effective Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies that protect people and the environment.

This video is also available in the following languages: Asante Twi, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese, French, Gujarati, Hausa, Hindi, Kannada, Nagamese, Nepali, Kikuyu, Kinyarwanda, Lomwe, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Mizo, Odia, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Urdu.

Feed the Future, in conjunction with a USAID Bureau for Food Security-led Task Force, is working to disseminate the latest research and evidence-based technologies and management practices through resources and tools such as:

  • A standardized FAW Pest Management Field Guide of evidence-based management options for low resource African farmers in collaboration with United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and research partners (see sidebar to right for guides in all available languages - Portuguese coming soon!)
  • Country-specific Pest Management Decision Guides (PMDG) for maize (see sidebar to the right for downloadable guides):
  • Map of Areas affected by Fall Armyworm according to the FAO, December 2017

Contact [email protected] for more information.


 
Filed Under: Food Safety Resilience

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Jan Fierro11/25/2019 - 12:48pm
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SAWBO FAW Animation shared using mobile phones in Kenya. Learn how Farm Input Promotions Africa (FIPS-Africa) used the SAWBO animation “How to Identify and Scout for Fall Army Worm” to share the animation with 2,513 farmers to date across Eastern and Western Kenya (with 10,000 farmers more planned). “We found it (the animation) changed the game on how we could get farmers to understand the pest that was devasting their maize crops,” says Pius Domokong, a trainer from FIPS-Africa. Read more in the SAWBO “Your Impact” newsletter here.

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Pesticides: Safety, Efficacy and Access
Fall Armyworm Dissemination Tools from USAID
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Issues to Achieving the Global Food Security Strategy: Cases on Fall Armyworm and Aflatoxin

Fall Armyworm in Africa: Integrated Pest Management Guides

FAW IPM Guide - English3.61 MB
FAW IPM Guide - French3.05 MB
FAW IPM Guide - Portuguese2.90 MB

Country-specific FAW IPM Strategies and Reports

Fall Armyworm Management for Maize Smallholders in Malawi: An Integrated Pest Management Strategic Plan2.36 MB

Multimedia Resources

Animated Video: How to Identify and Scout for Fall Armyworm in English (SAWBO )

Pest Management Decision Guides for Maize in Key Countries

Benin PMDG (French)684.06 KB
Burkina Faso PMGD (French)506.27 KB
Burundi PMDG (English)593.25 KB
Burundi PMDG (French)702.73 KB
Cameroon PMDG (French)702.09 KB
Cape Verde PMDG (Portugese)836.35 KB
Chad PMDG (French)703.61 KB
Cote d'Ivoire PMDG (French)728.61 KB
DRC PMDG (French)713.99 KB
Eswatini PMDG (English)740.91 KB
Ethiopia PMDG (English)807.15 KB
Gabon PMDG (French)728.57 KB
Gambia PMDG (English)1.02 MB
Ghana PMDG (English)809.49 KB
Guinee Bissau PMDG (Portuguese) 931.65 KB
Guinee PMDG (French)729.08 KB
Kenya PMDG (Swahili)486.37 KB
Madagascar PMDG (French)695.31 KB
Mali PMDG (French)819.07 KB
Maroc PMDG (French)521.90 KB
Mauritanie PMDG (French)511.20 KB
Mozambique PMDG (English)1.12 MB
Mozambique PMDG (Portuguese)799.24 KB
Niger PMDG (French)906.93 KB
Nigeria PMDG (English)423.00 KB
Rwanda PMDG (English)1.12 MB
Senegal PMDG (Duala)257.36 KB
Senegal PMDG (English)1.12 MB
Senegal PMDG (French)818.78 KB
Senegal PMDG (Peul)475.71 KB
Senegal PMDG (Serere)429.83 KB
Senegal PMDG (Wolof)319.18 KB
Sierra Leone PMDG (English)1.12 MB
Somalia PMDG (English)596.28 KB
South Africa PMDG (English)744.45 KB
South Sudan PMDG (English)1.04 MB
Sudan PMDG (English)759.02 KB
Tanzania PMDG (English)1.12 MB
Tanzania PMDG (Swahili)483.97 KB
Togo PMDG (French)745.99 KB
Tunisia PMDG (French)512.80 KB
Uganda PMDG (English)1.12 MB
Uganda PMDG (Swahili)483.74 KB
Zambia PMDG (English)1.12 MB
Zimbabwe PMDG (English)807.45 KB

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