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New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI/Parijat): Parijat Industries (India) Pvt Ltd, announced the formal launch of its patented insecticide Velektin, to tackle lepidopteran pest segment in a spectrum of important crops including Cotton, Maize and Chilly for farmers in India and International markets.
Demian Mabote (left), an agriculture officer at the Zambia Agriculture Research Institute, recording data in the agroecology trial for managing fall armyworm. Photo: ICRAF/Nema Amanzi
Historically, the geographic distribution of the Fall Armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), has been limited to the Americas, including South and Central America, with some overwintering capacity in the southeastern U.S. In addition, via annual migration, the pest also exploited northern regions of North America. However, beginning in 2016, FAW was first officially detected in West Africa, and within 2-3 years, it had rapidly expanded its range to include nearly all of sub-Saharan Africa, as well as North Africa including Egypt (FAO, 2022). In Asia, FAW was first obse...
In North Rift, armyworms are threatening farm yields already affected by higher production costs this season.
Already, farmers, especially those in bread basket areas of Rift Valley and Western Kenya, are facing numerous problems, including high cost of inputs.