In Benin, the fall armyworm has devastated thousands of hectares of maize. Farmers have been turning to technology to detect the insects early enough to manage them. Trump to sign executive order ...

The Migratory Pests and Biosecurity department has advised farmers with mature crops not to use chemical treatment for ...

A new study published in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment shows that pests such as the fall armyworm (Spodoptera ...

A new study published in the journal CABI Reviews highlights the critical role that integrated pest management (IPM) plays in combatting the threat fall armyworm poses to Asian rice security. Asian ...

This project, led by Gorta-Self Help Africa, developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm to detect the damage caused by Fall Armyworm in maize fields in Balaka District, Malawi. It addressed ...

Dorine Aoko and Rangwe sub-county extension officer Andrew Nyasane in Aoko's maize farm which has been destroyed by armyworms at Gul Kagembe in Rangwe on April 6, 2022. [James Omoro, Standard ...

Originating in the U.S., the Fall Armyworm has proliferated exponentially on the African continent, where its massive ...

She planted a new crop of the staple food maize late last year but it wilted in the punishing heat. "I sowed again in early January 2025 after struggling to get the seeds. Then fall armyworm came ...

Kadirire is hoping rains, which started January, continue in March so she can at least harvest some other crops, like groundnuts, which armyworm ignore ...