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OSRO/SFS/701/USA - Strengthening regional early warning, coordination and information systems to safeguard crop and livestock production and improve food security in southern Africa

FAO Technical Cooperation Project (TCP) Emergency response to enhance technical capacity for early warning, monitoring and management of Fall Armyworm in Sri Lanka

Project title: GCP /SFS/001/MUL ?Strengthening controls of food safety threats, plant and animal pests and diseases for Agricultural productivity and trade in Southern Africa?

FAO Technical Cooperation Project (TCP) Emergency response to enhance technical capacity for early warning, monitoring and management of Fall Armyworm in Sri Lanka

Project title: GCP /SFS/001/MUL "Strengthening controls of food safety threats, plant and animal pests and diseases for Agricultural productivity and trade in Southern Africa"

FAO Technical Cooperation Project (TCP) Emergency response to enhance technical capacity for early warning, monitoring and management of Fall Armyworm in Sri Lanka

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OSRO/SFS/701/USA - Strengthening regional early warning, coordination and information systems to safeguard crop and livestock production and improve food security in southern Africa

01 March 2017, Lipompo South Africa - An Extension Officer from Lipompo Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries inspects farmer Johannes Bogoshi's farm after reporting FAW infestation. His 5-acre maize field is infested with the pest. Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is a moth native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas; FAW was first detected in Central and Western Africa in early 2016 (Benin, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, and Togo) and in late 2016 and 2017 in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, and it is expected to go further.

03/01/2017

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