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The pest has spread to at least 44 counties and affected more than 3.5 million farmers

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Download logoThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is to extend its global drive against one of the world’s most invasive

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  Deploying a range of non-hazardous technologies, researchers are joining forces to better manage the pest. As the fall armyworm continues to spread across the globe, researchers are keenly pursuing technologies that will assist farmers in managing this invasive pest that is threatening food and nutrition security and the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of smallholders. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that fall armyworm could cause losses of bet...

FAO moves to scale up response to Fall Armyworm as pest continues to spread Format Director-General calls for better information sharing and technology use 21 December 2020, Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is increasing efforts aimed at bolstering the global response to Fall Armyworm (FAW), considered one of the top 10 devastating plant pests affecting food and agriculture. FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, noted today that great strides had been made by ...

12/21/2020 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/21/2020 16:43 FAO moves to scale up response to Fall Armyworm as pest continues to spread 21 December 2020, Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is increasing efforts aimed at bolstering the global response to Fall Armyworm (FAW), considered one of the top 10 devastating plant pests affecting food and agriculture. FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, noted today that great strides had been made by the Globa...

Date Time FAO moves to scale up response to Fall Armyworm as pest continues to spread 21 December 2020, Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is increasing efforts aimed at bolstering the global response to Fall Armyworm (FAW), considered one of the top 10 devastating plant pests affecting food and agriculture. FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, noted today that great strides had been made by the Global Action for Fall Armyworm Control (GA), a coordination mec...

Director-General calls for better information sharing and technology use 21 December 2020, Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is increasing efforts aimed at bolstering the global response to Fall Armyworm (FAW), considered one of the top 10 devastating plant pests affecting food and agriculture. FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, noted today that great strides had been made by the Global Action for Fall Armyworm Control (GA), a coordination mechanism establis...